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The Sod House

People also created entire houses out of sod. They dug up mud from nearby creeks and rivers, using the mud as mortar to hold the square blocks of dirt and grass, cut from the earth, together. read more

Sod House on the Sandhills Journey - 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. read more

Little House on the Prairie - Grand Forks Herald

Little House on the Prairie EDINBURG, N.D. -- Stepping over the threshold of the Edinburg sod house is a trip back in time. Members of the community have furnished the sod house with late 19th and ... read more

Sod house on the prairie: Hunter man's mother was girl in ... - InForum

Sod houses were once common starter homes for settlers staking their claims. The Homestead Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, gave away as much as 160 acres to each family that lived ... read more

Sod House Museum offers a look at the history of early day pioneers ...

ALINE, Okla. — “The truest form of the remaining Plains history today is the sod house,” says Renee Trindle, curator of Sod House Museum, located along Oklahoma 8 about halfway between Cleo ... read more

The past and future of Gothenburg’s Sod House Museum and the world's ...

The Sod House Museum, a longtime fixture along Interstate 80 at Gothenburg, went up for sale last year. Skip to main content Skip to main content. You are the owner of this article. Edit ... read more

School Project Still Standing

A sod house in Eustis still stands as a reminder of a successful school project. We recently caught up with Dan Widick, who taught school in the Eustis-Farnam school district for 40 years. read more

Woman recalls days of living in a sod house

From their Stanton Tower apartment, June and Albert Anson have a good view of Fremont. read more

Recollections from a sod house boyhood - The Bismarck Tribune

The sod house was where the first services for the Pierce Congregational Church were held. We had some pictures taken in 1936 before the soddy was torn down. read more

Sod House Theater’s ‘Table’ is dinner and a show at its most ...

Sod House Theater’s new immersive show “Table” has a plot, but not the traditional narrative kind. Instead, the plot is to get people who don’t know one another to come together, ... read more