what was the sod home of an early prairie settler called?
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It was called a soddie (soddy not sure of the spelling).
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lived there for a few years.  rt on the red river   \n\nAltus
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There were called the Kansez Indians.\n-MM
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may be your story one of these..or ucan serch at this site\nhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/oklahoma/?s=oldest&offset=60&inline=nyt-geo
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, people from the Ukraine emigrated to the Prairies in order to take advantage of very cheap farm land.  The countryside there was very similar to the Steppes, where they lived and farmed.
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JB is 100% correct.  but actually it started because a reporter by the name of Tex Rickard was misinformed of the H meaning "habitants" when they were referring to the farmers and them being there in canada since the land was first owned by the french.  But was actually first intentionally represented as "Club de Hockey of Canada."  and the H was for Hockey, C for Canada but has since developed into habitants because of that Tex dude.
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houseofnames.com/xq/asp/s.Pearman/Origin.EN/.../coatofarms_details.htm
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"We do not know exactly when droving began," says Bonser, but with this info east Europe is the best guess.\nDROVING IN BRITAIN\n\n    "Wild cattle (aurochs) were a part of the native fauna of the forests, grasslands and marshes of post-glacial Scotland...and, when the ice retreated, it became a resident species; its remains have been found northwards to Caithness...When Neolithic and Bronze Age people colonised Scotland, domestic (Celtic shorthorn) cattle arrived with the[m]...about 5000 years ago...The wild and domesticated cattle may have existed together in places until the ninth or tenth century when the aurochs became extinct in Scotland...The original domesticated Celtic shorthorn became the Kyloe, the cow of the Highlands and Western Isles--the breed stock of Highland cattle [today],...Small, hardy black cattle, they were described by Bishop Leslie in 1578 as 'not tame...like wild harts (deer)...which through certain wildness of nature, flee the company or sight of men.'" (From "The Economics and Ecology of Extensively Reared Highland Cattle in the Scottish LFAs: an example of a self-sustaining livestock system", Davy McCracken, et al, Scottish Agricultural College, Ayr.) \n\nWhen the population of an area was small and isolated, most of the land could be used for grazing, and some for the growing of crops. But as populations increased, pressure on the land increased as well, and use had to be made of the poorer, higher land for grazing. This often entailed the seasonal relocation of whole or partial communities along with their livestock--transhumance. During late autumn and winter the pastoral community occupied homesteads on the edge of the valleys or on the coastal lowlands. During late spring and summer they would remove their stock to the higher mountain pastures, thus allowing the better land to be used for hay and other crops. In the high pastures part of the community would live in temporary dwellings while the rest would tend the fields below. "Transhumance," McCracken et al say, "still prevailed on low-lying land in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and probably continued to operate on moors, marshes and seasonally flooded land until late medieval times; in the Hebrides, low-lying shielings existed until recent times, but generally by the seventeenth century the substantial areas of grazing [used] for [local] transhumance were on the hills and mountains...The earliest surviving written documents referring to transhumance date from the twelfth century..."\n\n"We do not know exactly when droving began," says Bonser, "but we do know that the early inhabitants of Britain moved large herds of cattle and sheep, raiding, or in search of fresh pasture." Transhumance means "the transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000). "Droving, on the other hand, means "To drive, as cattle or sheep, especially on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover" (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996). The difference might seem subtle, but as soon as people began moving livestock for the purpose of trade or business, droving as a profession was born.
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Her real name was Ellen Liddy Watson, but her friends called her Ella, and she was born in Ontario, Canada. Intelligent, gentle, possessed of charming Celtic brogue and a pretty smiling face, she was 6'2" tall and a wonderful cook ! Her parents emigrated to Lebanon, Kansas to homestead. At 18 Ellen married Bill Pickle, a neighbor, who drank too much. He abused Ellen often and, after one particularly brutal beating with a horse whip, Ella ran away and returned to her family's farm. After working as a cook on an adjacent neighbor's farm for awhile, she moved about 15 miles south to the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska where she escaped her husband and again found employment as a cook at the town hotel. After filing for divorce, she went to Denver, then Cheyenne, and then still farther on to the budding town of Rawlins, Wyoming where she again secured employment as a cook at the proper "Rollins House."\n\nSoon she met Jim Averell, a surveyor, who was homesteading 60 miles north on the Sweetwater River. He was articulate, intelligent, well dressed and above all, a gentleman. Ironically he was born not much more than 150 miles from Ella's birthplace. They struck it off immediately. He, too, had been married earlier, but his wife had tragically died in premature childbirth. Ella and Jim fell in love. Jim kept bragging about Sweetwater valley where he had started a road ranch and general store on his homestead. They had discussed marriage, but if they married, Ellen could not homestead too. Only one to a family. But they could marry in secret the way others had done!\n\nThey drove Jim's buggy 100 miles to Lander, where nobody knew them. She carefully substituted Andrews for her maiden name, and they were married by a J.P. Then they drove back to Sweetwater where Ella homesteaded on Horse Creek near Jim's place. Jim snaked in some logs from the mountains and he and a friend helped build her a pretty one room lob cabin sheltered in the cottonwoods.\n\nProblem! A pompous cattle baron named Albert Bothwell irrigated a hay meadow from that very same creek but hadn't figured on anybody filing a 60 acre homestead over the top of it, much less a WOMAN! He thought his control of that open range was absolute and he had also put up over 60 miles of mostly illegal barbed wire fence. He was outraged, and rode the mile over to Ella's cabin and offered to buy her land. She told him she wanted the land much more than the money, and he left angry but empty handed.\n\nElla helped around Jim's store and cooked meals for visitors at $.50 a plate. Everyone said her cooking was fabulous! Ellen was big hearted, too. More than once when another wife came down sick, she cooked and kept house for them until they regained their health. She also foster-mothered a 12 year old waif who ran away from home, and another 16 year old boy, both of whom did the chores around the homestead. Also Jim's sister's son had come out from Wisconsin to visit his uncle and was helping at the store. It seemed everybody liked Ellen and Jim -- Almost everyone!\n\nOne icy day in February a wagon train passed nearby on the Oregon Trail herding 26 head of nearly starved cows and calves. Ella suddenly saw a way into ranching, and bought them at a dollar apiece! Some cowboys helped her drive them home and she fenced in a pasture. Dismayed at Ella's purchase, Bothwell had an absolute conniption fit! He had skull and cross bones pinned to Ella's and Jim's doors. They were not intimidated. Nobody would harm a woman! By summer her cattle were stronger and Ella branded them. But brooding Bothwell had been concocting a deadly plot and now he saw his opportunity!\n\nOn the morning of July 20th, 1889, during the neighbor's joint round-up, Al delayed joining the other cattlemen until Ella had left her place. He then hurriedly sent word to the other cattlemen that Ella had rustled and branded some of their calves! Five very angr
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very rich and deep.  dutch purchased from the algonquinns for the equivalant of $24 worth of seashell necklaces.  then british kicked out the dutch.  many dutch names still in ny like amsterdam ave, vanderbilt ave, and many windmills on long island in old dutch settlements.  a place called governors island which is closed except to employees with clearance still has original dutch built homes with dutch lap wood siding.  many american revolution areas of history such as washington square park(from movie "barefoot in the park" where washington rested his men.
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Name:Home For a Rest\nArtist:Spirit of the West
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I think my grandpa made it out of sorgum cane, what molasses is made out of. It grows in kinda swampy areas
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I contacted a friend at Mother Earth News and was advised that you should call or write the editor of Prairie Farmer.  They do have archieves and may be able to get you a fresh copy.  Go to their website and get her address or phone number.  Hope it works out.
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Matt Harding was an early settler in New Hampshire.  He was born in Hampshire, England in 1504 and it's believed he came to the new world in approximately 1526.  His family was instrumental in the naming of the area as "New" Hampshire. \n\nHarding is more commonly known as the father of maple syrup.  Legend goes that he accidentally came across the sap from the maple trees near his cabin while searching for a sweetener to make a potent distilled liquor called chantsol.   Lucky for us, Harding's distillation skills were quite weak and what he produced contained virtually no alcohol.  However he found the creation quite delicious and began sharing it with friends and neighbors.  The rest shall they say…is history.
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The Northwest Ordinance established the rules for the allotment and sale of land in the "Northwest Territory" (what is now called the "Upper Midwest" and "Great Lakes Region" of the country).  For details, check out wikipedia.
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I have been looking this up since I saw your question yesterday.  the only name i have come up with is Clara M valentine.  she is the daughter of levi valentine who built the house.  I did find out that there is a male ghost by the name of jon.  I hope this was of some help.  I don't know if clara is the ghost or not, but it seems logical to me. As far as i can tell she is the only girl who would have lived there in the 1800's.
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Lumber, grain, used to be beef.