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gitrib · Dec 10, 2010

This is the sod house of my great grandfather. My grandmother told about going across Nebrask in a covered wagon with six brother and sisters. record show she had a brother born in Nebraska.She would have been ten years old and one of the oldest.

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thurlow · Dec 10, 2010

Great picture and interesting history. Pioneers.........people that MADE the country. I typed another paragraph about the difference between 'them' and today's citizen(s) with their hand out; but deleted it.............

gitrib · Dec 10, 2010

The linage of this family can be traced back to settling in New Amsterdam now known as Long Islamd New York
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dgasper · Dec 10, 2010

My mother as a little girl and her family lived in one of those on a homestead near Williston ND. Her father was severely injured in a peat mining accident and succumbed after a few days. The family had to give up the homestead and moved back to La Crosse WI.
The Williston basin now has many oil wells. Oh, what could have been............

Pitalplace · Dec 10, 2010

(quoted from post at 15:43:22 12/10/10) Great picture and interesting history. Pioneers.........people that MADE the country. I typed another paragraph about the difference between 'them' and today's citizen(s) with their hand out; but deleted it.............

Most people I know don't have their hand out. Most work for a living.

ASEguy · Dec 10, 2010

And we think we had/have it rough.

ASEguy · Dec 10, 2010

And we think we had/have it rough.

agpilot · Dec 11, 2010

Hi gitrib: In the physical picture you have, can you see what the roof is made of.? The posted picture is too hard to tell but it looks like there might be boards? There is a sod house at Parie Village in Madison SD and when they rebuilt it a year or so ago, they used quite a few boards. Maybe too many?
I worked an area just West of Willingston, where your picture was taken, quite a few years ago, not many trees for sure.. ag.

agpilot · Dec 11, 2010

oops, I got mixed up with dgasper post about Willingston ND rather then Nebraska. But I still would like to know if it is all boards used in gitrib picture? ag.

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