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Threshers on your 43rd Reunion
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House that Dad fixed
Don Hill handcrafted the cupboards in the cabin's kitchen
from the pine located on the property. The hardwood floor
was refinished as well. While he and wife Marleen lived
there, the family grew to include children Brad and Heather.
(Photo submitted)
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PAGE 4-6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2004.
Thresher Reunion 2004
Piece of history gets new home
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It was a major undertaking when the log cabin, built in 1861 by the Cowan family was moved
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By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
There's a new attraction at this
year's Thresher Reunion, but it will
be a while before its full potential is
realized.
This year, Edgar Daer, then
president of the Huron Pioneer
Thresher Association was renting a
farm on Lot 38, of Conc. I in East
Wawanosh. Situated on the property
was an old log cabin, constructed in
1861. Daer, who had grown up
within a few miles of the log cabin
remembers being told that the
Cowans had raised 12 children in the
house.
Several other families owned the
Pioperty, but by the time Don Hill of
the Blyth area, moved in as a tenant
in 1977, the cabin had sat empty for
over a decade and was in desperate
need of some TLC.
According to Hill, the roof leaked,
there was plaster and lathe all over
the interior and the floorboards were
heaving.
The exterior had been covered in
instil-brick. "You couldn't even tell it
was a log house."
Hill offered to do the labour free
while living in the home. "Me and
my big ideas. I thought it would
hardly take any time. In fact it
actually took about 10 years."
The old chimneys were removed
and a new roof put on the house. The
insul-brick was removed and the logs
were wire-brushed with a stain
applied inside and creosote applied
outside. He re-chinked the logs and
re-wired inside.
Hill also built kitchen cupboards
from the pine trees growing on the
property.
The floors were all redone, with a
grinder first to remove all the paint,
then a belt sander. In the kitchen the
floor had been covered with plywood
and linoleum over the original
hardwood. This was removed and the
floors sanded.
Hill constructed two new stone
Coninued on A-6
to the Huron Pioneer
Thresher
and-Hobby Association
on their
43rd Annual Reunion
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