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Log Cabin Motel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The Log Cabin Motel, also known as Camp O' The Pines in Pinedale, Wyoming, United States, was built in 1929 as a cabin camp to serve growing numbers of automobile-borne tourists bound for Yellowstone National Park. The camp was owned by Walter Scott, who operated the Pinedale Cash Store.”

Wikipedia article Log Cabin Motel (Pinedale, Wyoming), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Sublette County · listed in 1993 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 7 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 49 E. Magnolia St., Pinedale, 82941
  • When was it listed? March 1993
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Pinedale
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93000230 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Log Cabin Motel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,684 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresPinedale Field OfficeDUMP
22 September 2020Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyHALF MOON TREE
20 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePinedale Field OfficeTOWN DUMP
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSublette CountyELK HART PARK
19 September 2010Smokingunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestFREMONT
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyHAY MEADOW OLD DUMP
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyLUKE LYNCH LIGHTNING
28 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSublette CountyMURDOCK RANCH

Every fire recorded in Sublette County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Log Cabin Motel: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ArcherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
FeltnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred's Hill Pit ResampleSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
HagensteinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
JTWRSSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reed ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shriver Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sublette County

Storms near this property

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinedale, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003LightningPinedale1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
June 2001LightningPinedale4 hurtOil field workers.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPinedale$40,200no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPinedale$5,000Several trees were blown over, knocking out power to around 350 customers in Daniel and Pinedale. Shingles were blown off of the Museum Of The Mountain Man.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindPinedale$2,000Trees downed in Pinedale. Roof damage of some buildings at Ralph Wenz Field southeast of Pinedale.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPinedale-A 64 mph wind gust was reported at Half Moon Lake to the northeast of Pinedale.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPinedale-Trees were reported downed at the Boyd Skinner Park.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPinedale-A 58 mph wind gust was reported near Pinedale.
July 2011Funnel CloudPinedale-Several reports were received of a funnel cloud just east of Pinedale. The funnel was clearly visible from town.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed
July 2005HailPinedale-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodPinedale-no account filed
August 2002HailPinedale-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudPinedale-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sublette County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Green River Drift Trail Traditional Cultural Property7.5 miles2013
Cora Townsite7.8 miles2017
Sommers Ranch Headquarters Historic District8.0 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000230 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sublette CountyAll 20 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.