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Sod HOuses were made out of... -mud -rocks -dirt -sticks/twigs Usually sod houses had a lot of unwanted visitors (bugs) If you look below go on the web site provided and you will find images of a sod house. htpp://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/95-20/sh-Roof_Sod2.html
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What material did homesteaders to build there homes?
the houses were made out of sod
What was one disadvantage of homes built out of sod?
They wre hard to keep clean.
What abundant resource was used to make homes on the prairie?
The open area of the plains has little timber. Names for the open land include "prairie" and "grassland." Lumber was scarce and expensive. Pioneers made their first houses out of sod. Sod was thick soil that contained grass roots. They stacked piles of sod, like bricks, to form houses.Sod
Why did the settelers of the plains build sod houses?
Because it was so hot in the Great Plains region, the pioneers built their homes with sod roofs. Sod still makes a great insulator!
Homesteaders on the plains usually built homes of what?
Without trees or stone to work with, homesteaders needed to depend on the main accessible structure material — grassland turf, playfully called "Nebraska marble." Turf is the top layer of earth that incorporates grass, its underlying foundations, and the soil gripping to the roots.
