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58 e s p e c i a l l y w h ile i n t h e s y l v a n E a s t . Even t h e l e a d e r s , Jo sep h Sm ith and Brigham Young, l i v e d f o r a tim e i n lo g c a b in s ( F l a n d e r s , 1 5 6 ), and e v e r y member o f t h e new Church who p a r ­ t i c i p a t e d i n fo u n d in g t h e new s e t t l e m e n t s must a t one tim e o r a n o t h e r have l i v e d i n o r worked on a l o g s t r u c t u r e . I t s h o u ld be em p h asiz ed , how ever, t h a t lo g b u i l d i n g s ( e s p e c i a l l y lo g h o u s e s ) were seldom i n t e n d e d t o be perm anent and were most c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f t h e e a r l y p h a s e s o f s e t t l e ­ m ent. Log p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s such a s s c h o o l s , c h u r c h e s , and b u s i n e s s e s were u s u a l l y r a t h e r q u i c k l y r e p l a c e d by t h o s e of more d u r a b l e m a t e r i a l s . Log d w e llin g s te n d e d t o p e r s i s t l o n g e r t h a n lo g p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s , b u t n o t b e c a u s e th e i n d i ­ v i d u a l f a m i l i e s p r e f e r r e d i t t h a t way. The g o a l o f v i r t u a l l y e v e r y f a m ily was e i t h e r t o move e v e n t u a l l y i n t o a perm anent h ouse o f frame o r b r i c k c o n s t r u c t i o n o r t o e n l a r g e and improve t h e o r i g i n a l lo g c a b i n . The em p h asis i n Mormon c u l t u r e , even w h i l e i n t h e f o r e s t e d E a s t , was t o make homes and v i l l a g e s a t t r a c t i v e by im p ro v in g t h e i n t e r i o r s an d e x t e r i o r s of t h e h o u s e s and by s u r r o u n d in g t h e homes w ith g a rd e n s and t r e e s . W alls formed of ro u g h o r hewn lo g s c h in k e d w i t h mud may now be r o m a n t i c i z e d , b u t Mormon p i o n e e r s th e m s e lv e s h a r d l y con ­ s i d e r e d such w a l l s a t t r a c t i v e o r p e rm a n e n t, n o r was lo g , i n s p i t e o f i t s i n i t i a l im p o r ta n c e , c o n s i d e r e d t h e most d e s i r ­ a b le c o n s tr u c tio n m a te ria l fo r d w e llin g s or p u b lic b u ild in g s . Log was m ain ly a n e x p e d i e n t m a t e r i a l im m e d ia te ly a c c e s s i b l e and in e x p e n s i v e . Brigham Young e x p r e s s e d p u b l i c s e n ti m e n t when he s t a t e d , "Log b u i l d i n g s do n o t make a s i g h t l y c i t y . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.