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Local folklore says that the cabin was built by a slave as a home for himself and the white boy he raised after the boy's mother died. The cabin was built just a mile and a half away, long before Bull Shoals was known as anything but a rough, rocky spot in the White River. There is no chimney for a stove or fireplace, so the residents apparently stayed warm with whatever was available. Cooking was probably done outside on an open fire, and much later with an old kerosene stove. The back room was added on at a later date, and the loft above the main floor was probably used for sleeping and storage. In the fall, the walls would be "chinked" with a mixture of mud and straw or moss to keep out the cold. As weather warmed up in the spring, the chinking was taken out to allow the breezes in.
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