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For example, not every homesteader in a soddy was poor. Why spend money on a framed house when you were unsure if you were going to own the land? It would be like a modern putting a new roof on a rental. In fact, those who built dug outs were often the first to build a frame house.
And they weren’t all built because they were not near materials. If they were near a rail line, they could get framed lumber. Look at the roofs.
In general there is an over reliance on Butcher photos for homesteading history. Butcher was defined by a very narrow geography and homesteading was unique to that area. For example, west river SD is entirely different. And any area near timber, for example the Niobrara valley, they built log houses. The Niobrara area looked like a old growth Colorado pine forest with 40-60 foot trees three feet around that were old and fire resistant in 1880.
Butcher wasn’t a historian, but the historians publish whatever he said as fact. He was trying to earn a living and would spin a yarn to sell a postcard or another subscription.
Just some experience if you want to take a deeper dive into the past.
My 1968 ed. I wonder if I sent it to RW he’d sign it :-))
Still the Definitive Look
By JB on June 1, 2018
An excellent detailed study on the how’s and why’s of sod house life. Researched and written when the remenants could still be examinded and many of the builders were still alive. Many a modern historian of the period would do well to study this book before they roll out the old tropes.By JB on June 1, 2018
For example, not every homesteader in a soddy was poor. Why spend money on a framed house when you were unsure if you were going to own the land? It would be like a modern putting a new roof on a rental. In fact, those who built dug outs were often the first to build a frame house.
And they weren’t all built because they were not near materials. If they were near a rail line, they could get framed lumber. Look at the roofs.
In general there is an over reliance on Butcher photos for homesteading history. Butcher was defined by a very narrow geography and homesteading was unique to that area. For example, west river SD is entirely different. And any area near timber, for example the Niobrara valley, they built log houses. The Niobrara area looked like a old growth Colorado pine forest with 40-60 foot trees three feet around that were old and fire resistant in 1880.
Butcher wasn’t a historian, but the historians publish whatever he said as fact. He was trying to earn a living and would spin a yarn to sell a postcard or another subscription.
Just some experience if you want to take a deeper dive into the past.
My 1968 ed. I wonder if I sent it to RW he’d sign it :-))
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