Days of the Sawmills
Portable sawmill 
Sawmill in operation
Logs at the Sawmill
A man stands in the doorway of a sod home on his farmstead
Lumber Milling in Iowa
Mississippi River Fuels Iowa Industry
Sod Home, ca. 1910
Time Frame: ca. 1910
A man stands in the doorway of a sod home on his farmstead. Due to a lack of trees many settlers to the prairie had little choice but to build homes made of sod until other building materials could be delivered. ca. 1910.
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