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Marsha King wrote:
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> I attempted to send this request to the HISTARCH list several weeks ago, but a
pparently it was not distributed. I appologize if you are receiving a duplicate
message.
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> Another aspect to this question is whether anyone knows of dugouts using this
construction technique for side or end walls. At least one of the dugouts excav
ated at Ft. Ellsworth appeared to have a front was formed by vertical posts set
into a trench. We have not found reference to any other dugouts, military or ci
vilian, which used vertical logs in wall construction (usually the walls were ma
de of horizontal logs, stone, sod, or sawed boards placed either vertical or hor
izontal).
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> Has anyone encountered this type of vertical log construction in either ground
level or dugout buildings? Any ideas on how, where, or with whom it developed
? Any suggestions on historical sources, journal articles, or site reports to c
heck?
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> Thanks in advance for your assistance with this question. You can respond off
-list.
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> Marsha K. King
> Special Projects Archeologist
> Cultural Resource Division
> Kansas State Historical Society
> 6425 SW 6th Ave
> Topeka, KS 66614-1099
> Phone: (785) 272-8681, ext. 253
> Fax: (785) 272-8682#240#
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> Web: http://www/KSHS.org
> Try the French region of Quebec and "Upper Canada." French log construction is
strikingly similar.
Sincerely,
Dan Thompson
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