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Sod house rekindles prairie past

Brewster? Anyone interested in Kansas’s history and the pioneer days just might enjoy a visit to the Minor Family Sod House Bed and Breakfast. Located about 20 miles north of Brewster, the four-room s... read more

Portraits of the Past: Morgan County had Colorado's only 2-story sod house

This volunteer group first came together to create, "Morgan County: A Land of Immigrants ... an abundance of earth and clay and the prairie vegetation itself, and their use resulted in the "Soddies" o... read more

Discover Oklahoma: State's agricultural story told at several sites

Murrell in Park Hill; the sod house built in 1894 by Marshal McCully near Aline; the Pawnee Bill Ranch built in Pawnee by Gordon W. “Pawnee Bill” Lillie, a Wild West showman; and the Museum of the Wes... read more

Making history go 'Wow'

Breaking sod on the prairie ... past and present, low and high technology, "then" and "now" as the title puts it. The largest and most complicated exhibit the History Center has ever produced, "Wow" i... read more

Summer service in historic wooden country church

The historic church which began in a sod house now stands as an icon on the western Minnesota prairie. Additional Articles Recommended ... and color photography at Central Lakes College for the past 1... read more

Stirring up dust and memories on the long road back home

who started out life in sod houses and battled the dust storms of the Great Depression to produce 304 descendants, more than half of whom gathered to share the past and the present. This is no vacatio... read more

Reunion brings sisters, family closer

They homesteaded on land near Gandy and built a sod house ... the Depression, the prairie grass was destroyed by cattle and the farmers plowing the land. “We didn’t have any money,” Emma said. The har... read more

Unlocking Prairie Secrets From A Sod House

These findings may only apply to this one specific area of the prairie and to this one specific sod house. But they’re hoping scientists and researchers can copy their techniques with other sod houses ... read more

Every roadside attraction you need to know in Kansas

Here are five cities adjacent to the Interstate that offer a glimpse into America's past and present. Located about 3.5 hours ... Stroll the grounds and see an authentic 1930s sod-house; a one-room sc... read more

Long-ago love affair led to prairie homestead

More than 110 years later, the prairie homestead east of Scenic established ... Sitting in his kitchen 100 feet from the sod house in which he was born, he paused to watch a herd of bison run past his ... read more

Top three things to do the weekend of October 27

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first published in 1897, but for the past couple of years ... plus ghost stories in the spooky sod house. So grab your costume and a reusable bag for your treats and get read... read more

Bowman museum features ‘all the different pieces that make up southwestern North Dakota’

You’ll learn when the dinosaurs dominated North Dakota’s prehistoric past, when the Native Americans hunted buffalo on the prairie, and when immigrants ... of rodeo items and we have a little replica ... read more