during the great western expansion that began in the late 1700s, the log cabin was practically ubiquitous in timber-rich frontier area; it could be built with only the aid of an axe and required no costly nails intended to serve merely as way stations in the wildernass, cabins rarely became permanent homes. when families desired better housing with more amenities they either abandoned their cabins(often to be occupied by new transients),incorporated them into large dwellings, converted them into storage facilities, or in the South used them as slave quarters.
The myth of the log cabin as the sacrosanct birthplace of leaders, renowned for their honesty, humility, and other virtues, was inaugurated during the presidential campaign of 1840, When.....was touted throughout the country as a hard-cider-swingging bumpkin who lived in a log cabin. His landslide victory over..... set a precedent for future presidential aspirants but only a few such as "Honest Abe" Lincoln had bonafide claims to humble origin.
In the present day, the log cabin appear on such memorabilia as coin and postage stamp
and it is also the brand name of a popular syrup. the cabin is perpetuated architecturally in resorts camp inns and redtaurants along byway and highways