Opening doors into history

Irv Rueger removes a loaf of bread baked in the Rogier Belgian oven. Chuck Poehlein, the village's developer, looks on. Memberships in the Shubael Little Pioneer Village are available for $15 and funds help support the project's growth. Memberships can be

Debbie Couty Owens of Lewisport, Ky., serves soup in a cabin her mother was reared in. The James Falls Cabin was visited by several members of the extended Falls family.

Sally Jackson and her daughter, Vanessa, prepare a pot of apple pudding inside the newly dedicated Carter Cabin. Saturday's event was pushed back a week due to muddy conditions.

The James Falls Cabin was one of four in the Shubael Little Village hosting activities Saturday.

Tyler McKinney, looking the part of an 8-year-old pioneer lad, slathers honey over a slice of bread baked in a Belgian stone oven Saturday. An open house at the Shubael Little Pioneer Village near Rocky Point drew visitors to restored cabins. Along with h

The sole window in the Shoemaker cabin made it hard for Zella Gilbert and Doris Pfaff to thread needles while quilting inside, though the working fireplace kept the 1800s abode toasty.