Georgia professor collecting log cabins to preserve history

CRAWFORD - Professor Bob Rhoades has a severe case of cabin fever. <br> <br> The University of Georgia anthropologist collects log cabins built by slaves and poor farmers around the early 19th century. <br> <br> So far, he&#39;s brought six of them to his 320-acre Oglethorpe County farm over the past six years. <br> <br> Rhoades says he&#39;s trying to preserve the log cabins before they disappear. He says they&#39;re rotting and quickly becoming a historical relic. <br> <br> Rhoades deconstructs, moves and then rebuilds each of the cabins he has bought. <br> <br> He numbers each piece of the cabin and then puts each of the 800-pound logs back together by the numbers. <br> <br> Rhoades has begun a foundation called Agrarian Connections, which he hopes eventually will develop programs to teach young people the ways of pioneer settlers.

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