McHaffie's Homestead on the Silver Dollar City Square is a real, hewn-log cabin built in 1843 by the pioneering Levi Casey family. It was home to the McHaffie family before it was reassembled and preserved at Silver Dollar City in 1960. Behind is the Homestead Animal Barnyard - a small petting zoo, where kids and adults alike can get up-close to chickens, goats and hens, among other species.