This cabin is in Morristown, NJ and is a replica of the ones constructed by the Continental Army in the winter of 1779/80. The army camped here earlier over the 76/77 winter and in Valley Forge, the most well known of the camps, in 77/78. The winter of 1779/80 was actually worse than the year before at Valley Forge. There were 20 major snowfalls including on over 4 days that left 4 feet of snow. There were about 1000 of these cabins built and each one provided living space to 12 soldiers. Although they were designed to hold 12,000 men, only about 8,000 were here near the end of the winter with death and desertions reducing the numbers. They army used 2000 acres of woodlands to build the needed shelters and heat them. So, while the site is wooded today it would have been only stumps in 1779.