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Yava-Supai [Havasupai] House

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Description: Yava-Supai [Havasupai] Indians and a dog in front of a house in Cataract Canyon.
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First House in Dodge City

Date: 1871
Description: View of first house built in Dodge City. The sod building has a roof, window openings and a door. The surrounding landscape is barren.
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Sod House

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Special Trip: Oldest sod house in Platte Valley, 1886, H.W. Roberts."
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Scandinavian Women

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Description: View of a mountaintop house and other buildings with sod roofs. Two women, who are possibly Swiss or Norwegian, are in the foreground sitting on a steep hi...
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Norwegian Farmers

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Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
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Team of Oxen in Front of Sod Shanty

Date: 1885
Description: Team of oxen in front of a sod shanty on the Dakota plains. Two men stand behind the team on the right. The animals are hitched to a plow.

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