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| Title | Early Homesteaders cutting sod for sod houses, Mercer County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1907 |
| Description | Early homesteaders of Mercer County are pictured here with their wagons. They are cutting sod to build sod houses. At right, the hole they obtained the sod from is visible. In the background, prairie land can be seen. |
| General Subject | People
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Horses
Carts & wagons
Frontier & pioneer life
Pioneers
Homesteading
Sod buildings
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| Subject (Local) | Sod roofs
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| Personal Name | Zuern, Don
Stevens, Harry
Stevens, Bill
Pattenberger, Bert
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| Location | Mercer County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | MH-03 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 17 x 22 cm. |
| Transcription | "1907"
"Cutting sod 3 miles S.E. of homestead"
"Don Zuern, on plow"
"Mrs. Don Thompson on right"
"Harry Stevens"
"Bill Stevens"
"Bert Pattenberger"
"Erickson's"
"Emig"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Repository Institution | Mercer County Historical Society
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| Credit Line | Mercer County Historical Society (MH-03) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown.
Photographer unknown.
Exact location in photograph unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Mercer County Historical Society
Attn: Leilani Meyhoff, Secretary
108 7th St. NE
P.O. Box 1134
Beulah, N.D. 58523
(701) 873-5070
lkittenn@westriv.com |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmMH03 |
