In the year Rachel Clinscale’s Vincent cabin was built, the Mexican-American War began, James K. Polk was president and Iowa was admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

The cabin was built in 1846 on Dead Hollow Road in Harpersville. It would remain there until 1986, when Rachel’s husband, Bill, decided to move the dilapidated cabin to Vincent and restore it…

Read more about the Clinkscales’ cabin in the May issue of Shelby Living. Find your copy here.