Tennessee pioneer Sam Woody (1826-1920) migrated to Texas in the 1840s and brought his family to Wise County in 1854. His cabin near Deep Creek was the first dwelling in the area. After Woody cut the logs, friends and relatives helped him erect the cabin in one day. Indians came there to trade buffalo robes and moccasins for corn. The house was frequently crowded with guests, because frontier travelers were never turned away. Woody also guarded pioneer settlements as part of a Ranger unit and served in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861-1865).