Links

Best Hotels.Com
This website shows you the hotels and accomodations near Log Cabin Village and other sites around the world.

The Austin Colony Exhibit from the Bazoria County Historical Museum
These are a number of magnificent panels dedicated to pioneer construction, tools, and Texas history. Check out the index!

The Denton County History Page
A bit of local history including oral histories about north Texas ranch life and engravings of Denton street life in the 1870's.

North Texas Blacksmiths Association
An Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America (ABANA) chapter formed to help spread the knowledge of the blacksmithing craft. The organization is located in the North Central Texas area, although people from all areas are welcomed to join.

Metroplex Baby
A parent resource for DFW families, Metroplex Baby offers a directory of businesses serving families, an events calendar, and much more. It is free for parents to use.

Preservation Directory
The online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada. Our goal is to foster the preservation of historic buildings, historic downtowns and neighborhoods, cultural resources and to promote heritage tourism by facilitating communication among historic preservation professionals and the general public.

Texas Lakes Trail
Log Cabin Village has been awarded a 2006 Texas Heritage Tourism Partnership Grant from the Texas Historical Commission. This grant is allowing the Village to update all of its interpretive signage. The Texas Historical Commission provides this grant to historic and tourist sites as part of the Texas Heritage Trails Program.

The Texas Pioneer Arts Foundation
Another Texas site close to home. Tour Henkel Square and see how the pioneers lived.

Armadillo's WWW Server: Texas History and Social Studies
A wealth of information on Texas history and social studies can be accessed from this site.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Homepage
This Laura Ingalls Wilder site contains information about Laura's family and her homesites.

The Gallery of the Open Frontier
The Gallery comes from the University of Nebraska Press and National Archives. See digitized archival photos of the American west.

Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
Visit this link to learn about Fort Worth's 3600-acre Nature Center and Refuge

Old Sturbridge Village
Be sure to visit OSV. While you're there, check out Ask Jack! with questions about American history. Take a tour of an 1830's village online.

Oregon Trail: The Trail West
Follow the pioneers west to Oregon at this site and see photographs of the American west from 1861-1912.

Oregon Trail - Oregon Online Highways
In addition to the Oregon Trail, this site has information on other trails west. Check out the links to trails west.