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English
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Pioneer Settlement on the Plains : Sod Dugouts and Sod Houses
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Pioneer America Society Transactions
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1981
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4
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11-19
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Sod structures, first attributed to the Mormons, were built by 19th-century settlers on the prairies because there were no other building materials available; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of building with sod blocks or 'Kansas bricks' as they were known.