The Montgomery Cabin site is the location of the oldest known early Euro-American frontier log cabin built in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The site is located in Petrified Springs County Park, in Somers, Wisconsin. According to county and township records, an additional cabin and a frame house were built in close proximity to the Montgomery cabin. The Montgomery Cabin was constructed sometime during 1834, and both the frame house and the second (Soutor-Coonley) cabin around 1855. Since 2013, Dr. Robert Sasso of UW-Parkside and Daniel Joyce of the Kenosha Public Museums have led archaeological field surveys and excavations to investigate the site. In the summer of 2017, excavations focused on the Montgomery cabin and the Soutor-Coonley cabin. During the excavation of the Montgomery cabin and the Soutor-Coonley cabin, twenty-plus fragments of White Ball and Kaolin clay tobacco pipes were found. I conducted research using stem borehole sizing, regression formulas, and distinct markings to determine the dates of manufacturing and to determine possible sources or manufacturers of the tobacco pipes.
