If you love log cabins, how can you go wrong with a place that has a ticket booth made out of logs!
This is the first thing you see when you enter Deutsch Country Days in Marthasville Mo. Third weekend in Oct.
Bob and Lois Hostkoetter started here in about 1979 and over the years have added over 20 rustic cabins and buildings.
Most are not being used in their original function now, but have taken on a unique purpose of once a year becoming a living folk life festival.
I am not going to comment on each building, but rather just let you enjoy with an occasional reference.
A nice lady here was making baskets, and my daughter jumped in and helped her for about an hour and a half.
Basket lady and daughter sitting down.
Live farm animals.
Apple cider.
Almost all the buildings were being used for something to do with our pioneer heritage.
While the 'Days' was celebration of all things from our heritage, it had a key focus on the areas German heritage.
You get the finally the 'village' has been setup with a German Alpine feel.
The main house and the one that started it all, The Huber House.
There were about 30 Huber's there on Saturday to see the old family home which had been moved from Perryville Mo.
Bob, loved (and met) Eric Sloane, and his first build was a covered bridge he dedicated to Eric Sloane.
So as you walk around the property you can see Eric's influence on a lot of the buildings, like this little shed.
Beside just log cabins, Bob and I share the same log cabin mentor in John Frank.
While Bob is a little older than I, we started about the same time in our love for these old buildings.
The Huber House.
The Huber House.
Again.
To get a feel for the lay out.
Also for the festival they have set up what is called 'The Osage Trail'.
This is a short walk dedicated to the early Native Americans and early settlers.
The next few images are of the short hike.
My assistant in the trappers cabin.
Now back to the main village.
The 'Osage Trail'.
You don't have to even like guns, but it would be hard not to appreciate the craftsmanship of the old guns on display.
Peddle lafte.
Early wood working tools.
There was even a guy who made doll houses, mailboxes and bird houses looking like log cabins.
My assistant really loved this log school house.
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