The log shanties with thatched roofs were replaced with frame and stone houses, many which stand today.
Here and there is a log shanty, a line of washing flapping, a fat mother no doubt cursing the smoke, a clutch of staring children.
The road was execrable; and only a few log shanties, or very small frame houses, occurred at intervals along the road-side.
My name is Betty Fye--old Betty Fye; I live in the log shanty over the creek, at the back of your'n. The farm belongs to my eldest son.
So the old woman who lives in the old log shanty in the hollow don't know how to make bread.
The city got its name from the family of settlers, "Marlatt" who carved their name on a log shanty.
As Cromwell emerged from the ship with Snorkel at his heels, Simon emerged from the log shanty that served as the communication center and limped to meet them.
By September, a population of 900 in log shanties and tents had invaded the valley.
The first person to settle in the area was Joseph Gardenier, who built a log shanty on Cedar Creek, in what is now Hamilton.
Livengood, 2 miles east of the highway at Mile 71, has no services and is little more than a scattering of log shanties.