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 ...

From their Stanton Tower apartment, June and Albert Anson have a good view of Fremont. They can see Fremont Health Medical Center, the newly built Dunklau Gardens and many other buildings. That view ...

It wasn’t a windswept prairie. No pioneers were working to build a home in which they’d spend cold winters and hot summers. Instead, the grass was green and short and a group of volunteers were ...

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 ...

Oklahoma’s lone remaining sod house dates back to before statehood. It turned 130 this year, preserved and restored as the Sod House Museum in Aline. •• The News & Eagle Editorial Board meets weekly ...

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 ...

EDINBURG (AP) - 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 Century and early 20th Century ...

Online activity asking players to attempt to build a sod house by making choices regarding the construction of their house. Too many wrong answers and the house will collapse! This activity will help ...