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weekly photo #63: New Sweden December 29, 2007

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New Sweden
Up the street from the house that I grew up is a forested strip of land along the banks of Darby Creek. I used to play there quite a bit as a kid. One of the main attractions, besides a natural basin in one of the large boulders left over from the last glacial retreat, was a log cabin which we all referred to as the Swedish Cabin. Having a piece of history so close was quite a bonus for me as a kid; I suspect that it played no small part in my abiding interest in history.

The cabin has a support group, the Friends of the Swedish Cabin, which refurbished it (believe me, it used to look a lot worse than it does in my photo) and continues to take care of it and the immediate area around it. The cabin is one of the oldest structures in the United States and a relic of New Sweden - hence the title.

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