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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 440742" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>The reason a lot of those old houses were built of sod or stone...The first house my grandparents lived in the first year they were in Montana was built out of a combination of all three- lumber, sod, and rocks....</p><p></p><p>Then they shipped lumber in from Wisconsin on the train and freighted it 30 miles by team and wagon to build the main house--which took a lot of lumber since it was one of those old square two stories with 5 bedrooms, kitchen/dining room, living room- large pantry room, which in the 60s was converted to a bathroom with the coming of electricity and running water...They raised 9 kids and took in hundreds of overnight boarders in that house..... </p><p></p><p>I spent a couple of summers in a cowcamp building much like the one in the picture-altho in a little better shape....</p><p></p><p>Looks like either these folks got wealthy or had too many kids as part of the house looks to have been added on...That was common with some of the homestead houses--couple more kids- add on another room ;-) :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 440742, member: 97"] The reason a lot of those old houses were built of sod or stone...The first house my grandparents lived in the first year they were in Montana was built out of a combination of all three- lumber, sod, and rocks.... Then they shipped lumber in from Wisconsin on the train and freighted it 30 miles by team and wagon to build the main house--which took a lot of lumber since it was one of those old square two stories with 5 bedrooms, kitchen/dining room, living room- large pantry room, which in the 60s was converted to a bathroom with the coming of electricity and running water...They raised 9 kids and took in hundreds of overnight boarders in that house..... I spent a couple of summers in a cowcamp building much like the one in the picture-altho in a little better shape.... Looks like either these folks got wealthy or had too many kids as part of the house looks to have been added on...That was common with some of the homestead houses--couple more kids- add on another room ;-) :lol: [/QUOTE]
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