ALINE, Okla. — Enid and area residents are invited to “celebrate Christmas the pioneer way” at the Sod House Museum. from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. The event will feature music by the Silver ...

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 ...

ALINE, Okla. — Imagine being 26 years old with only a quarter in your pocket, running to stake a claim during the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893 in the middle of a vast prairie east of what became ...

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, ...

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 ...