This memoir comes from an email correspondence I had with Jim Oberfoell of Sentinel Butte, who responded to a column I wrote reflecting on the backbreaking work required to survive as an immigrant ...

FINLEY, N.D. - A sod house John and Margret Bakken built on the harsh plains of northwestern Walsh County in the late 19th century long ago was swept away by time and the prairie wind. Loree Hoverson, ...

ALINE, Okla. — Sod House Museum is celebrating 50 years of preservation this month, 123 years since Marshal McCully built it. The two-room soddy, built in August 1894, is the only remaining ...

FINLEY, N.D. -- A sod house John and Margret Bakken built on the harsh plains of northwestern Walsh County in the late 19th Century long ago was swept away by time and the prairie wind. Loree Hoverson ...

HUNTER, N.D. - Growing up, Donald Aune would hear stories from his mother about the sod house she lived in as a child in the late 1800s near Milton, N.D. She talked about how cozy it was despite the ...

COMSTOCK, Neb. (CN) — Although Nebraskans grow up learning about the sod houses of their ancestors, few may consider a key drawback of them: Wildlife could burrow right inside. That was definitely a ...

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 ...

SANFORD, Minn. -- Read a few entries in the guest book and you'll know Stan and Virginia McCone have a hit on their hands. The McCones own the Sod House Bed and Breakfast and encourage visitors to ...