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Leland Log Cabin
Early Records indicate that Benjamin Leland left Nauvoo, Illinois and located in Erie County, Pennsylvania as a clergyman with the Mormon Church. He later came to Kanesville, Iowa, and was a member of the Reorganized Church of Later Day Saints who left the Mormon Church and remained in western Iowa. In 1856 Mr. Leland built a two-room cabin two miles north of Persia. The wooded environs came to be known as Leland's Grove.
In 1856 Samuel H. Lytle and his family came to western Iowa. Mrs. Lytle was the former Sarah J. Leland, daughter of Benjamin. The Lytles spent their first Iowa winter with the Lelands, the two families constructing a larger cabin with two rooms and a loft. This is the cabin pictured above. It was relocated in 1972 and is a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Steenbock.
McIntosh Log Cabin
John A. McIntosh was born in Kentucky on April 14, 1806. In his youth he was an associate of Davy Crockett. He married three times and had 15 children.
John came to Shelby County in 1857 as one of the county's earliest settlers. He settled on 70 acres in the far northwest corner of the county called Galland's Grove. He was regarded as "the Mormon Chief" by the Pottawattamies and the Omaha Indians.
His cabin is built of sturdy oak from Galland's Grove. At one time it was covered with a layer of siding which helped preserve the wood. The cabin was purchased from A. W. Trimbe for $200 and moved to its present location.