Prattville, Sevier County, 1873

Joseph Smith Staker and his wife Sara Brown built this log home in 1873 in Prattville, four miles east of Richfield. The cabin rested on a foundation of lava rock, with a large flat piece used for the front step. The logs were carefully hand-notched so they could be locked together: and the chinking is the original. The Stakers lived in this one-room home, bearing six of their eleven children before Joseph was called by LDS Church leaders to move to Annabella, Utah where he served as the town’s first bishop.