在更多建木与盖房子的材料运来之前，许多开垦者为自己建造类似图中这样的稻草屋

出处: 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.