Sod House: Museum of the Fur Trade

Chadron, Nebraska

This sod house is part of the Museum of the Fur Trade, in Chadron, Nebraska, built on the site of a trading post for the American Fur Company that was established in 1837. The post was in ruins by the mid-1880s, and it was reconstructed in 1956 on its original foundation stones.

Tags: historic buildings, landscape, Nebraska, photography, Route 20, travel, US history

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One Response to “Sod House: Museum of the Fur Trade”

Karen Says:
July 7, 2011 at 4:51 pm | Reply
Cool in summer, warm in winter? Plus good camouflage from hostile folks, no doubt.

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