The Squatter's Cabin is the only remnant of the

Kaweah Colony The Kaweah Colony was a utopian socialist community in central California founded in 1886, with a name meaning "here we rest." Located in the Sierra Nevada range, they lived near groves of giant sequoia trees. The colony officially disbanded i ...

, a socialist utopian group established in the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

in the 1880s. Now located in

Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing ...

, the one-room log structure is located at Huckleberry Meadow near the

Giant Forest The Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within the United States' Sequoia National Park. This montane forest, situated at over above mean sea level in the western Sierra Nevada of California, covers an area of . The Giant Forest ...

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United States Park Service
publication about Kaweah Colony Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Sequoia National Park Houses in Tulare County, California Log cabins in the United States 1886 establishments in California Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California {{TulareCountyCA-NRHP-stub