a 1900-built homestead made of sod. The South Dakota county of Pennington. This sod home has stood since 1900, commemorating a farmer’s attempt to make a fortune on the Great Plains. Since the homesteader’s fence reduced the range, there must have been skirmish after skirmish with the cattlemen during its construction. Then prosperity during the war, with wheat prices surging. The years of sporadic drought that have continued till now, coupled with a fierce struggle to survive on the parched ground in place of wealth…
