The family farm was homesteaded when Matthew
and Sarah Latty (my great-great-grandparents) settled
in Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1833, in a log cabin
they built. They lived UNDER their wagon while
they built the cabin! They had ten children – maybe
that's why Sarah looks so grumpy in the picture!?
Later they built the home that my dad lived in his
entire life. After they built it, Matthew & Sarah's log
cabin was used for a school. The cabin pictured
here is in Crapo Park, in Burlington, Iowa and the
rafters in it came from the Latty log cabin.
sarah's CaBIN
by Julie Letvin
40" x 40"
