Emery County Cabin

Emery County Cabin is one of the last few historic frontier post offices still known to exist in the United States.

The cabin was one of two built by settlers Charles Johnson and Joseph Lund on Muddy Creek homesteads.

While earlier arrivals had lived in "dugouts" the Lund cabin was the first log home to be built in the area.

Christensen was named postmaster of the area in 1882, and his log home became the official post office of both Muddy Creek and Quitchupah.

In 1882, mail service to Muddy Creek was improved to once a week, making a 60-mile trek from Price, Utah.

Larger tracts of land lay several miles south of Muddy Creek suitable for dry farming.

[4] In the early 2000s, Shaun Delliskave, a grandson of Clyde Mortensen, donated the cabin to This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.

The Utah Home Builder's Association (HBA) adopted the building through This is The Place Foundation's "Adopt-a-Home" program.