Automatic Website Traffic RSS

The Sod House Experience

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - During a visit to rural Comstock, we got a chance to visit the Dowse Sod House, and it has plenty of history surrounding it. “This house was built on my great granddad’s ... read more

Sod House on the Sandhills Journey

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - For volunteers with the Sandhills Journey National Scenic Byway Visitors Center, building a sod house has been a dream for a long time. Now it’s a reality. The work started in ... read more

Unlocking prairie secrets from a sod house

Ecologists in Nebraska are trying to find out what the Great Plains looked like when homesteaders settled there in the 19th century. To do that, they're working with a team of archaeologists and ... read more

Capture pioneering spirit at sod house bed-and-breakfast

SANFORD, Minn. -- Read a few entries in the guest book and you'll know Stan and Virginia McCone have a hit on their hands. The McCones own the Sod House Bed and Breakfast and encourage visitors to ... read more

The Sod House

Today, we think of them as the settler's last ditch alternative to wood and brick structures, but 140 or 150 years ago that was not necessarily the case. Of, course wood was scarce and brick factories ... read more

Sod house

With a lack of trees or stone on the prairie, homesteaders looked to the land for building materials. Sod, made from thickly rooted prairie grass cut in 2- by 1-foot chunks, was piled like bricks to ... read more