Locy Rogers Cabin

In 1878, settler Andrew Locy Rogers built a log cabin in what would become the town of Snowflake. Rogers was born in 1854 in Farmington, Utah, and in 1876 he answered the call of Church President Brigham Young for volunteers to help establish a Latter-day Saint community in northern Arizona.

As the Rogers family grew, the original log cabin was gradually enclosed within a larger structure. The log walls, floor, and ceiling were covered with drywall, and eventually a two-story house was built around the cabin, completely concealing it. By the time Rogers’ great-grandchildren lived in the house, the existence of the original cabin had been entirely forgotten.

Then, in 1989, the house caught fire and burned down. When a demolition crew arrived, they discovered the original 1878 cabin in remarkably good condition — the drywall covering had actually protected it from the fire damage. The cabin remains on its original site, now surrounded by a city park, and has been outfitted with period-appropriate furnishings.