# Early Earthen Homestead 

**Published:** 2012-08-23  
**Author:** Michael Janzen  
**Categories:** Houses  
**Tags:** Early homestead, earthen home, sod home

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![](https://y2ez6helhgi126su.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/uploads/hult_sod_05.jpg) Original earthen home.

> "Pioneer family dressed up for the itinerant photographer, early 1900s"

via [Pioneer family (photograph)](http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/hult_sod_05.html).

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## Citations

- [Pioneer family (photograph)](http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/hult_sod_05.html)