Sod House
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 36° 28.334 W 098° 25.570
14S E 551408 N 4036481
Last original sod house build by an actual pioneer.
Waymark Code: WM6M7E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Marker Text:

SOD HOUSE
Built by Marshal McCully who staked land on which the house stands during Cherokee Strip Run September, 1893.

Plowed sod for and erected house August 1894. Used as McCully home until large frame house constructed 1909.

Of the many thousands of sod houses once dotting the plains of Western America this is only one built by an original homesteader, still standing.

Site purchased and restoration begun 1964 by Oklahoma Historical Society as memorial to all pioneers of Oklahoma Plains who lived in sod houses.

County: Alfalfa County

Record Address::
OK Hwy 8
5 miles N. of
Cleo Springs, OK USA
73729


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Date Erected: 1967

Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society

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