Pioneer Home and Granary

Pioneer Home and Granary. . , This cabin was used as a family home from 1876 to 1956. It was the home of George and Hannah Wheeler and their ten children. George Walton Wheeler headed west in 1854 with his father, Levi, bringing the first steam engine and sawmill west of the Missouri River. George was ten years old. , Hannah was born December 18, 1846, in Gloucester, England, daughter of George and Harriet Harding Humphries. The family came west with the Willie Handcart Company in 1856. Walking alongside the handcart were six children, ages eighteen, fourteen, twelve, nine, six, and one. Hannah Humphries and George Walton Wheeler were married in 1862. , Logs were cut at the Wheeler Sawmill where they were floated miles down the Cub River. There the logs were taken from the river and hauled to the homestead. When Hannah and George moved into their little home in 1876, there was only enough flooring to go under the bed. A fresh water spring was near the cabin. A granary and barn were also built. George Walton Wheeler made each building with full dovetail corners. Each square nail was made in his own blacksmith shop. From the cabin's location, all of Cache Valley can be seen.