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Citation: 115.635.1 (Full image size: 80Kb)
This photograph was probably taken on the inside of the old Bauge home in order to show the exposed logs. The relocation and restoration of the Bauge cabin was taken on as a project of the Ames Heritage Association in 1988.
Citation: 115.635.3 (Full image size: 91Kb)
Photograph of the Bauge cabin in its original location north and a bit east of Huxley, Iowa. In 1988, the Ames Heritage Association (name changed in 2004 to the Ames Historical Society) took on as a project the relocation and restoration of the Bauge cabin. In December, 1988, the house was moved from its site near Huxley (in order to prevent its demolition) to McFarland Park, north of Ames. The structure became the property of the Story County Conservation Board, but the restoration to its original log cabin appearance was undertaken by the Ames Heritage Association. The cabin was occupied for many years by Story County pioneers Nils and Synneva Bauge, who were natives of Norway. They raised eight children in the home. The second generation of Bauges to live in the home were son Lars his wife Anna Fjelland Bauge and their fifteen children. For the full history of the cabin, the Bauges, and the restoration project, see the June, 1991, "Ames Intelligencer," the newsleter of the Ames Historical Society.
Citation: 115.635.4-5 (Full image size: 88Kb)
Photograph of the Bauge cabin in its original location northeast of Huxley, Iowa. In 1988, the Ames Heritage Association took on as a project the relocation and restoration of this pioneer cabin which had wood siding and a lean-to added since its construction in the 1ate 1860s. The unidentified man is probably a member of the Ames Heritage Association.
Citation: 116.639A.1-2 (Full image size: 72Kb)
Sorghum shed located adjacent to the Bauge log home when it was located northeast of Huxley. The Bauge family raised sorghum cereal grain on their farm. They processed the grain to produce sorghum molasses in this shed. The structure was no longer in use at the time the log cabin was moved to McFarland Park near Ames in 1988 for restoration by members of the Ames Heritage Association. The shed was not moved.
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