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Well, first, you’d probably build a shelter. If your mom or dad had an ax and knew how to use it, your family could build a log cabin—using just a ax—in two or three weeks. Your new house wouldn’t be too fancy, but it would be warm and dry—at least, whenever it wasn’t raining! Many early cabins had dirt roofs, and they sometimes leaked.

settlers first came to Utah, the first house many of them built was a log cabin. Later, if they could afford it, they would make the cabin bigger or just build a bigger house. But many families stayed in cabins. Sometimes families with lots of kids or lots of relatives would live in just one or two rooms.