Add to ORKGPhotographer's annotation: 'John J. Downey came to Dale Valley, NE in 1887, Township 18, Range 22, in 1887 with a team of mules and $12.00 in money. He made this beautiful home farming and stock raising.
Note: This sod house was built 1885-1886 on Mr. Lynch's Timber claim at Lee Park, Custer County, Neb...
Note: In the background there is a sod house under construction. Also note the cook stove on the por...
TITLE: Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte Cou...
Photographer's annotation: 'John J. Downey came to Dale Valley, NE in 1887, Township 18, Range 22, w...
Photographer's annotation: 'A very well to do farmer and stock raiser in early days
Photographer's annotation: 'Shows how comfortable a house can be made from sod if time and money is ...
According to Butcher, James Daley and his family settled in Dale Valley in 1882, even though they cl...
Sod House, Custer County, Nebraska, 1887. Photo by Solomon Butcher. (Note the man halfway up the win...
Over the years, by trial and error, newcomers to Nebraska learned how to work with sod effectively. ...
Photographer's note: 'Mr. McCarty in early days was a railroad builder and contractor.
TITLE: Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte Cou...
A note on the back of one of the prints states 'C.G. Williams on of the first in Rose Valley built s...
Note: RG2608-1756 is also of this family, and one of the photographs in that set is a companion to t...
Photographer's annotation: 'Very remarkable old gentleman.' Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUN...
TITLE: Sod house built as memorial to pioneers of Box Butte County, Nebraska CALL NUMBER: LC-USF34- ...
Note: This sod house was built 1885-1886 on Mr. Lynch's Timber claim at Lee Park, Custer County, Neb...
Note: In the background there is a sod house under construction. Also note the cook stove on the por...
TITLE: Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte Cou...
Photographer's annotation: 'John J. Downey came to Dale Valley, NE in 1887, Township 18, Range 22, w...
Photographer's annotation: 'A very well to do farmer and stock raiser in early days
Photographer's annotation: 'Shows how comfortable a house can be made from sod if time and money is ...
According to Butcher, James Daley and his family settled in Dale Valley in 1882, even though they cl...
Sod House, Custer County, Nebraska, 1887. Photo by Solomon Butcher. (Note the man halfway up the win...
Over the years, by trial and error, newcomers to Nebraska learned how to work with sod effectively. ...
Photographer's note: 'Mr. McCarty in early days was a railroad builder and contractor.
TITLE: Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte Cou...
A note on the back of one of the prints states 'C.G. Williams on of the first in Rose Valley built s...
Note: RG2608-1756 is also of this family, and one of the photographs in that set is a companion to t...
Photographer's annotation: 'Very remarkable old gentleman.' Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUN...
TITLE: Sod house built as memorial to pioneers of Box Butte County, Nebraska CALL NUMBER: LC-USF34- ...
Note: This sod house was built 1885-1886 on Mr. Lynch's Timber claim at Lee Park, Custer County, Neb...
Note: In the background there is a sod house under construction. Also note the cook stove on the por...
TITLE: Home of wheat farmer-speculator. Cheap house and heavy investment in machinery. Box Butte Cou...