Story

You're an early pioneer who's decided to head West by way of the Oregon Trail. You joined one of the many wagon trains that left Independence, Missouri in the Spring of 1848. Despite the recent gold strikes in California you choose to take the road less traveled towards the newly formed Territory of Oregon; a road fraught with adversity and many dangers. After almost 5 months your nearly 2200 mile journey came to an end. Once around Mount Hood and through the Cascade mountain range you decided not to continue on to Oregon City or the Willamette Valley beyond. Instead you settled next to Barlow Road down near Eagle Creek where there is an abundance of wildlife and natural resources. It's an ideal place for establishing a homestead especially with Oregon City only a day's ride away.

It is now the Summer of 1853 and you've since built a simple rustic cabin ... felling, hewing and laying each log using nothing but an axe. Not far away, just downstream from you, is Foster’s Farm. And over in the nearby settlement of Sandy is Revenue's Trading Post. He occasionally passes through driving his supply wagon. He always brings his dog Fido¹ and some goods to trade including salt pork, hardtack, flour, sugar and of course ... coffee. These comforts provide a welcomed respite from the rigors of frontier life!

¹Latin for "I am faithful". Abraham Lincoln's dog was named Fido.

About

This set was inspired by those intrepid early American frontiersmen and frontierswomen. It reflects, as accurately as LEGO can, what a typical log cabin and horse wagon would have looked like on frontiers like the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century. Despite them not having any kind of saw or a sawmill nearby, they were still able to square logs (known as hewing). This was commonly done using a basic broadaxe, preferably double beveled! It's simply amazing when you realize what people accomplished before battery powered tools and gasoline powered engines. This set attempts to capture their history and to remind us of where we came from.

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Features

1930 pieces
3.5 Minifigures
Offset building design (15°)
Removable roof
Modular design. Set can stand alone; together or separated, or allow you to add more to the frontier! Why should the city folks have all the fun?

This set fits perfectly with early American frontier and old west period settings. No advanced technology required except for horse power and wooden wheels!

Actual Size

16-7/32 in x 11-5/32 in x 6-3/8 in

41.2 cm x 28.3 cm x 16.2 cm