Last Pioneer Cabin

Last Pioneer Cabin updated their phone number.

Last Pioneer Cabin updated their address.

Drive by after dark and see the cabin lit up for Christmas!

Newspaper coverage of this Saturday’s Annual Event at the Pioneer Cabin!

Mark your calendars!
Sat. Nov. 11th.
10:00AM-4:00PM

A sincere thank you to everyone who came to the cabin for the day-long fundraiser Saturday. It was great to meet so many people interested in the Pioneer Cabin restoration and conservation project.
Work on the cabin has resumed but mostly behind the scenes as planning continues and period-specific materials are procured. We are excited to share the progress with you soon.
Thank you for your interest in the Last Pioneer Cabin.

We're here 'til 4:00 today.

We're open for a couple more hours. Come join us!

Hot cider, home-baked foods, period actors, period crafts...open today until 4:00.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1270329886355972/?ti=icl

We would like to thank the Monroe News and Bedford Now for their support of the pioneer cabin restoration project. In particular, we wish to thank reporter, Paula Wethington for her interest and continuous coverage of the project. I wish we could nominate The Bedford Now for publication of the year. We appreciate the support in getting this important project in front of the Monroe County and surrounding community. The weather is breaking and we will announce more news soon as the project goes back in to full swing.
Photo Credit - Paula Wethington

While we see a number of trees down, we are happy to report that there is no damage to the cabin at this time. Our efforts last summer to remove seven large trees that posed a possible threat to the cabin have paid dividends during this extreme weather.

https://www.facebook.com/jillion81/posts/10154786417916201

Bedford Now Citizen of the Year: Dean Vollmar Dean Vollmar is restoring - with the help of volunteers - a cabin that could be Bedford's oldest surviving home

...And even more cabin coverage. This time we made the front page!

Headlines and features in this week's edition: Renovation progress at Last Pioneer Cabin, additional charges filed on a suspected serial arsonist, follow up on the BJHS Stamp Out Hunger Drive.

More coverage of the Pioneer Cabin by Bedford Now today.

Renovation progress continues at Last Pioneer Cabin Carols Around the Cabin, an event held Sunday, was the future museum's first community party and a chance for volunteers and donors to celebrate the

Today's article in The Monroe News.

The Bedford Now page has updated their header photo with the Last Pioneer Cabin!

We are still on for today! Please join us at 1:00!

Getting ready for tomorrow's fundraiser!

Another article in the paper. This one from the Bedford Press.

An article in the Bedford Now.

The Bedford Lawn and Snow team has been here all weekend! Expert lawn care and leaf removal. The cabin is surrounded by large trees and leaf cleanup is a very tall order. But thanks to their hard work, we are now ready for next Sunday's Christmas at the cabin fundraiser!

It's been a good week at the Last Pioneer Cabin.

The new chimney construction has begun. Only one or two rows can be put down at a time.

Roof replacement is underway.

Things have been quiet at the cabin lately as we retrenched to raise additional funding. The cash burn rate is approximately $300/day.
This delivery today at the cabin, was made possible by the generosity of local donors. Cedar, hand-split shingles will replace the decaying roof. This promises to be a very busy week at the Last Pioneer Cabin.

The future is in good hands. More BHS students volunteering at the cabin Saturday. They removed several yards of sand from inside of the cabin in preparation for the work on the floor to begin.

Things have been quite as we work behind the scenes planning the next stages of the restoration. Up next are the floor, the chimney, and the roof. More information to follow soon, once we firm up the details.
In the meantime, on August 12th, The Monroe News published an article about the cabin restoration project.
http://m.monroenews.com/article/20160812/NEWS/160819801

Volunteers restoring house believed to be oldest in Bedford “The cabin on Secor” is now called “The Last Pioneer Cabin” because it is believed to be the oldest surviving structure in Bedford