NOTE: Click on the picture to see a cool large picture showing details!
Round Sod House
This photo was found on a U.S. Government photo archive website. I believe it depicts the wedding day of A.G. Shaw and Peggy Petatz. If you zoom in on the photo to full size, the writing on the photo states that this house was on Gordon Creek, which is a tributary of the Niobrara River just southwest of Valentine, Nebraska. The woman in the window closest to the door of the house isn't known, but it may be a sister of Peggy or Peggy's mother. I believe other woman is Peggy, based on the traditional Wendish wedding garb. Wendish women married in black to signify the trials and travails of marriage. If I'm correct, this photo would have been taken circa 1905, they were married in Ainsworth, Nebraska.
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Today I began my research on the traditional Mongolian nomadic dwelling: GER
*Ingenious portable circular structure whose design dates back 1000's of years* Strong - lasts a lifetime
* Easily assembled and disassembled
*No permanent damage to the ground where it is built
* Simple and sophisticated, beautiful as well as functional
* Easy to heat and keep cool
*Made from environmentally friendly materials
* Secure, warm and comfortable
* Self supporting - wooden skeleton uses tension and compression to maximize rigidity without nails or stakes
* The experience of free living
GerTee
She began to tal
k about the unique home she built for herself in central Alaska - and my ears perked up and visited her blog linked above.
k about the unique home she built for herself in central Alaska - and my ears perked up and visited her blog linked above.http://www.CampRedington.com/gertee2.html
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