With apologies to Grant Wood's "American Gothic," we posed Susan and Scott Stevens at the Barker Cabin on S. 348th St. with one of two 19th century hay forks they recently donated to the Historical Society of Federal Way.
The Stevens came by the hay forks via a friend of her grandmother who brought it out from North Dakota many years ago.
The Barker Cabin is a complete restoration of the cabin first built by John Barker and family when they homesteaded in Federal Way in 1883.
At that time, the U.S. Government allowed settlers to acquire 160 acres of land if they built a homestead and maintained it for seven years.
Barker's cabin was located near the intersection of S. 312th street and 8th Avenue S.
For more information or to view the Barker Cabin and the hay forks, contact the society at www.federalwayhistory.org.