4000 B.C. (est.) The Meadowlark songbird was created along with the rest of creation. He began singing and is still praising his Creator today.
Early 1700's: The Amish began migrating from Europe to America seeking freedom from religious persecution.
1750- 1800's: The Amish built hundreds of large timber frame barns in eastern America to store their crops and shelter livestock. Most of them still stand today and are still in use.
1850-1940: The Amish continued to spread out in many parts of the United States , also settling in Canada .
1934: Our parents, Ora and Orpha were born in the large Amish community in LaGrange County , Indiana . Dad was in a family of 13 and Mom the oldest of 14.
1946: Ora Miller, age 12, began helping at the Amish barn raisings.
1955: Ora was well on his way to becoming a master craftsman. In Indiana , he built many structures at a young age, including pole buildings, barns, shops, and homes. At the same time he was a chicken, hog and dairy farmer as well as a craftsman.
1975: Ora, age 41, moved his family of seven to Montana along with three other families to pioneer a brand new start in the West.
1976: Ora set up a sawmill and produced railroad ties for the railroad.
1976: Ervin Miller, 16, and Lloyd Miller, 14, built our first log cabin from scratch.
1977: Elvie, age 8, on his way home from fishing at the creek, got growled at by a black bear that was standing on his hind legs only yards away. The bear didn't eat me, which I am thankful for.
1978: The flat on flat, handpeeled, butt and pass corner was developed. This was, and still is, a different, unique approach to log home construction. The flat surfaces of the logs are pinned, screwed, and glued together, forming a very strong and stable wall.
1980: Our faithful team, Dick and Silver, skidded logs in the forest and also were used in the mill yard to move logs around.
1981: Ora and the boys began building handmade interior and exterior doors for the log homes we sold. We built doors up until 1993.
1984: We built the Glacier log home using block and tackle, with a tractor to pull beams up to the roof. No crane was used in its construction, which is hard to imagine today.
1987: We purchased our first Wood Mizer band sawmill. It was superior to the old circular sawmill and a whole lot safer.
1990: Ora built quite a number of handmade kitchen chairs, cedar chests, and other fine pieces of furniture. Not only was he an excellent log home builder, but he was also highly skilled in other kinds of woodworking.
2002: The Meadowlark Butterfly Saddle Notch was developed as an optional corner notch.
2005: Meadowlark Log Homes joined the Log Homes Council log grading program. Every single log in every Meadowlark Log Home is inspected, structurally graded and grade stamped. After it has passed critical structural log grading standards, it is approved for use in the log home. A random, third party inspection is done at our plant several times a year to insure that all grading is performed to required standards. The LHC grade stamped log home is structurally approved for virtually any country in the world.
A certificate of grading inspection and approval is provided to the customer for their new Meadowlark Log Home.
2005: We opened our new Meadowlark model log home and office. Our community and log home office is located across from the Libby, Montana airport.
2005: Meadowlark Log Homes began production under the roof of the big steel building using overhead, remotely operated, electric cranes. This greatly increases our efficiency, safety, and production.
2006: Meadowlark became a member by invitation to the Better Business Bureau.
September, 2006: The Amish schoolhouse shooting in Pennsylvania of six Amish schoolgirls sent a shock through the Amish communities, and all over the world. We pray that the message of forgiveness would fill the hearts of all who heard of the tragedy. And we pray healing for the survivors and their families.
2009: Meadowlark was awarded the contract for the Forest Service project in Troy, Montana, for a snowmobile shelter in the mountains.
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