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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.
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 ...
Colorado’s only two-story sod house was built near Orchard in the early 1890s. William Stoll was both the architect and builder, according to Robert Stoll, grandson of William.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - During a trip to the Custer County community of Anselmo, we learned about a sod house and jail you can see right on main street. “The pioneer jail was used in the early ...
The park has 11 sod houses, one of which belonged to Naulaq Inookie's ancestors. People first settled at Qaummaarviit as early as 1200 AD and were still there until the 1800s, according to Nunavut ...