Fort Boonesborough Timeline Cabins
Three cabins at modern-day Fort Boonesborough are known as the “Timeline Cabins” because they show how settler’s homes would have changed the longer they stayed at the fort.
When they first arrived (Cabin 1), they would have “roughed it,” sleeping on straw or cornhusk beds on dirt floors with very few extras. They had only what they could bring on horseback or make themselves.
Over time, though (Cabins 2 and 3), life would have gotten a little more comfortable. They put in wooden floors and added other furniture such as beds, tables, chairs, or cabinets, either built in the fort or brought by wagon from the East. Cabin 2 has a pole bed that could have been made at the fort. Cabin 3 has a bed that probably would have been brought in from elsewhere. The mattress would be stuffed with corn husks or birds’ feathers. In one photo, it has been pulled back to reveal the ropes used to support the mattress—there were no box springs or innerspring mattresses during pioneer times!
Timeline Cabins Photos
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