The piece of wood came from a building that has been in my family for well over 120 years. The oldest record I can find of the building was 1890 when it was mentioned as a general store. I am not sure how much older that that the building was. My family has been on that land since around 1800. The building was damaged a few years ago when another nearby building had a fire. The old store was condemned but I managed to save some of the wood for special small projects such as this pen.
