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ranch house is a two-story rectangular log structure, covered by a modern metal roof. The walls consist mainly of unhewn logs, joined at the corners with V notches. Daubing fills the gaps between the logs. The main facade faces east, and is three bays wide, with sash windows in the outer bays, and a simple wooden doorway at the center. A shed-roof leanto ell extends to the rear of the main block. The house is particularly unusual, in that
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The homestead site covers about 11 acres (4.5 ha) in a remote rural setting northeast of Mosca. The site includes the archaeological site where Pedro
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