Jim Baker Cabin, Historic log cabin in Savery, Carbon County, United States.
The Jim Baker Cabin is a two-story log house built in 1873 on the Little Snake River near present-day Savery, Wyoming. It measures 31 feet by 16 feet (9.4 by 4.9 m), with two rooms on the lower level and one smaller room above. Its outer walls are logs 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 cm) thick.
Jim Baker constructed this fortified cabin in 1873 as his residence near the Little Snake River. He lived there until his death in 1898, making it a notable landmark in Wyoming's frontier landscape.
The cabin's name comes from Jim Baker, who settled in the Little Snake valley in 1873 and lived there until his death on May 15, 1898. Baker worked as a trapper, interpreter and scout, and had earlier been among the first permanent residents of the Denver area, nominally from 1859 to 1871.
The cabin sits in the Little Snake River bottomland and offers clear views across the surrounding landscape from its location. Visitors should come prepared for a rural setting with good walking shoes and appropriate clothing for the season.
The cabin was bought by the state of Wyoming in 1917, partly to stop its removal to Denver for display. It was dismantled and moved to Frontier Park in Cheyenne, then moved again in 1973 to a spot close to its original site in Savery. It joined the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1982.
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