The Tumberland Homestead
Quickly built tool shelter:
The 3 sill logs on stone foundation:
Foundation and first 5 logs snowed in:
Posts with temporary braces: 
10 inch spikes hold everything together, and chisel, mallet and drawknife were used extensively for the joints:
Putting diagonals into your design is a must for stability: 
Posts as vertical as can be, but all a different length: 
Andy helps with peeling the logs: 
After climbing up there and sawing off all posts to a level height purchased lumber eases the way: 
Oops, two are still left too high. Will just take a few... hours: 