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 ...

Most people think of sod houses as those lived in by pioneers. Their basic living quarters were made of dirt walls. To me, it didn’t sound like a very pleasant life. Susan Davis (Courtesy photo) I was ...