The Elmore County Historical Society is on a mission to save two historic Elmore County cabins, the Ma Brown Dogtrot and the Sewell Cabin.
The society was formed in 1971 with a mission to collect, record and preserve the history of Elmore County, and board member Calvin Chappelle said the restoration of these cabins would do just that.
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