article_snippet.sent: Experts proposed this new theory in a recently released 200-page report on the Molalla Log Cabin, a structure Experts believe could have been built as early as 1795 - ten years before Lewis and Clark Clark reached the Pacific Ocean.
article_snippet.sent: Historic building repairer Gregg Olson and architectural historian Pam Hayden have been analyzing Molalla Log Cabin for seven years and say it is unlike anything else found in Oregon.
article_snippet.sent: Secrets hidden in wood: Experts believe the Molalla Log House (above) was constructed as early as 1795 - a decade before Lewis and Clark Clark reached the Pacific Ocean .
article_snippet.sent: The construction of Molalla Log Cabin is unlike pioneer building methods at the time - suggesting it was instead made by foreigners .
article_snippet.sent: Russians in America: Historic building repairer Gregg Olson and architectural historian Pam Hayden Pam Hayden believe the Molalla Log House (above) could have been used by a small settlement of Russians sent to the Willamette Valley as farmers to feed fur traders in Alaska .
article_snippet.sent: Molalla Log Cabin's intricate construction is not consistent with pioneer building methods, suggesting The cabin's intricate construction was created by foreigners, and more specifically Russians.
article_snippet.sent: The way the logs are tightly interwoven, secured without nails and leaving no gaps to fill, is similar to Russian log cabins of the same time period, when Catherine the Great was sending envoys to Alaska to boost the fur trade.
article_snippet.sent: Gregg Olson ( and Hayden hypothesize that Molalla Log Cabin could have been a home for a small group of 10 to 50 Russian settlers sent to Oregon's Willamette Valley as farmers to feed the fur trappers on Alaska's Kodiak Island.
article_snippet.sent: Gregg Olson ( discovered that the original builders of Molalla Log Cabin wrote numbers into the boards, so that the structure could be disassembled and reassembled .
article_snippet.sent: The unique construction and extraordinary craftsmanship of the Molalla Log House offer fascinating clues to a mystery that we didn't even know existed about the earliest white exploration and settlement of the Pacific Northwest,' Moretti, told the Oregonian. '
highlights_snippet.sent: New report says Molalla Log Cabin could have been built as early as 1795 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The construction of Molalla Log Cabin is not representative of pioneer building methods at the time - suggesting The construction of the log cabin was made by foreigners .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Report's authors propose Molalla Log Cabin could have been used by Russian settlers farming in the area to support fur traders in Alaska .