"I got it out of the lower part of Delaware, near where the Pocomoke River terminates," said retired auctioneer Otho Mears, 92, of Parksley, gesturing to the weathered little log building in his back ...

Once, someone lived here, in a cabin made of tamarack logs. It must have been hard work in the 1800s, downing trees with hand saws and notching logs to fit as the little building rose from a dirt ...