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On the tree-sparse grasslands of the Great Plains, many homesteaders built houses of sod.

On the tree-sparse grasslands of the Great Plains, many homesteaders built houses of sod.

 

On the tree-sparse grasslands of the Great Plains, many homesteaders built houses of sod.

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