The Cattle Cabin is a one-room

log cabin A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers. Eur ...

that was built 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 ...

by Hale D. Tharp and two partners in 1890, in present-day

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 ...

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. Cattle Cabin is located in 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 ...

of giant redwoods (''

Sequoiadendron giganteum ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, California big tree, Wellingtonia or simply big treea nickname also used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus ''Sequoiade ...

''), and is associated with

Tharp's Log Tharp's Log is a hollowed giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') log at Log Meadow in the Giant Forest grove of Sequoia National Park that was used as a shelter by early pioneers. The log is named after Hale D. Tharp, who was described as ...

as a structure supporting ranching operations in the area. The cabin and the surrounding lands were bought by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

in 1916.

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External links

''National Park Service'' - "Challenge of the Big Trees", Caucasian Settlers come to the Southern Sierra, with history on Hale Tharp
National Register of Historic Places in Sequoia National Park Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California Houses in Tulare County, California Rustic architecture in California Log cabins in the United States 1890 establishments in California Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California {{TulareCountyCA-NRHP-stub