AMERICAN FORK - Two pioneer cabins saved from demolition last winter might log time as a historical exhibit. If enough money is raised to restore the historic cabins, they will become an exhibit near the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in American Fork's Robinson Park. The exhibit is tentatively set to debut in summer 2008. Built in the late 1860s by pioneers Alexander Adamson and Jim Brown, the cabins were moved by flatbed truck to the downtown park in January. Dan Adams, a member of the city's Historic Preservation Commission, says the two log cabins are an important link to the city's pioneer past. "The two represent a part of history . . . that we would like to preserve so people today can see the construction methods to build them and the living conditions early settlers dealt with," Adams said Tuesday. Alexander and Mary Adamson's cabin sprouted in about 1867, about six years after the LDS converts' arrival in Utah from Scotland. Adams said Scottish immigrant James Brown built the second cabin that he lived in after his marriage to the Adamsons' eldest daughter. Commission members hope to raise more than $6,500 this year to complete the exterior renovation of the two homes. Total cost of the project is estimated at about $20,000. The Bank of American Fork of offering a $2,000 matching grant for the restoration project. Tax-deductible donations to the American Fork City Log Cabin Restoration Fund are being accepted at all of the bank's 10 branches. For more information, call Dan Adams at 801-792-8066.

- Mark Eddington