Why Frontier Sod Houses Needed Less Heating Than Modern Insulated Homes

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Kuster County, Nebraska, 1880. While every homesteader raced to complete their 6-in log cabins before winter, Norwegian immigrant Olsen was still cutting prairie sod in late September. His neighbors called it wasteful. They called him a fool. He built walls 3 ft thick, 36 in of compressed earth and grassroots, where others used thin wooden planks. ... Read More