Building a Home
Here, you can see a sod house, which was the first ever built in Dodge City. This home was built in 1871. Why was sod used? Because there were very few, if any, trees around the prairies, so the people heading West had to be creative. They cut large pieces of sod, which contained the strong prairie grasses, allowed the pieces to dry in the sun, and then used the hard, sod bricks to build their homes.
Sod Home
Railroads
At the end of the 1800s, the railroad was beginning to expand out to the West. But, before a person could take the railroad, it had to be built. There were a lot of railroad jobs available, but it was hard, tough work. Here, you can see a railroad being built in Arizona in 1898.
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Building A Railroad
