Heritage Minutes: Soddie

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Prairie settlers in the 1890s build their first home from the same sod that they break to grow their crops.

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Sod houses, or “soddies,” were a common style of dwelling built in the Prairies during the second half of the 19th century. Soddies were small structures cheaply built out of blocks of sod and rudimentary house fittings. In 1872, the Dominion Lands Act established a means of distributing lands in the West to settlers. Western expansion in Canada was largely fuelled by immigration, especially from Eastern Europe.

Learn more on The Canadian Encyclopedia :
Sod Houses:
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History of Settlement in the Canadian Prairies:
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Dominion Lands Act:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...

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