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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 2001
Page
11
Article recalls pioneer sod homes in Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas built from dirt with grass growing in it. Roots held soil, sprouting each spring. flowers were sent to seed beds. Settlers faced scarce wood and clay, building schools and churches from sod and sometimes living in dugouts.
The text explains sod houses or soddies built by settlers called sodbusters. Workers cut sod bricks with a grasshopper plow and layered them in a crosswise pattern for stability. Openings for doors and windows were left, a ridgepole and rafters supported the top, and light came through grease-fat window coverings.
A torn recipe card provides steps to melt butter sugar and chocolate then blend with eggs applesauce and vanilla. It directs combining dry ingredients, mixing chocolate and flour mixtures, then baking in a greased pan at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes yields about 16 servings.
Patrick Levis a 19 year old actor from Silver Spring Maryland plays Jack Phillips on So Weird He left regular school for home schooling to pursue acting and starred on Broadway in Big He has a younger brother and sister loves snowboarding skiing seafood pizza and musical theater delights He admires Jim Carrey and Mel Gibson.
The article describes sod houses as warm in winter due to thick walls and fireplaces yet cool in summer from dirt. they withstood tornadoes better than wooden homes and were common where trees were scarce. It notes dangers of prairie fires, dust, leaks, pests, and the shift to wooden houses as settlers gained resources.
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