在更多建木與蓋房子的材料運來之前，許多開墾者為自己建造類似圖中這樣的稻草屋

出處: McCarthy, John, photographer. "John Bakken Sod House, Milton, North Dakota." Circa 1895. The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.