Probably constructed between 1865 and 1867 on a 160 acre plot in southwest Ripley County owned by George and Sally Ferrill Patterson, this pioneer log cabin remained in the family for many years as the George Patterson cabin and stood as a classic example of the sturdy, practical home style used throughout the western frontier. On December 17, 1921, J.C. Harman and his wife Martha E. bought the property from the widow Missouri Patterson and moved into the cabin. Their son Percy and his wife Opal Gibson Harman lived there from 1927 to 1932; their first daughter, Jewell (Mrs. Arvel Braschier), was an infant when they moved in during 1927, and daughters Georgia H. Pierce and Ruth H. Schroeder were both born there. J.C. and Martha moved back into the cabin in 1932 and lived there until 1947, when they sold the property to the Weston family and moved to Doniphan. Roy Lee and Geneva Gibson later owned the cabin and rented it to Al and Glayds Emmery, the last known inhabitants. After the Gibsons, ownership passed to Robert and Dixie Tate, Willie and Pauline Morgan, Rusty and Marilyn Rawlings, and Rod and Sue Smith, who donated the cabin to the Pioneer Heritage Homestead project, dedicated on July 5, 1997.