Karen Kilgariff

And it begins on the morning of January 12th, 1888. What? Here in America. Okay. In a sparsely populated part of central Nebraska, near the small town of Ord. Do you know what else happened in 1888?

And it begins on the morning of January 12th, 1888. What? Here in America. Okay. In a sparsely populated part of central Nebraska, near the small town of Ord. Do you know what else happened in 1888?

Lincoln? Civil War. Was it Civil War? What is it? First of all, I will never test you on history. We'll never test you on history. Should I know this? Well, I mean, not particularly, but it's the year the Jack the Ripper killings happened. That's what I, yeah, there we go. All eights. When did Lincoln get shot? That's none of our business.

Lincoln? Civil War. Was it Civil War? What is it? First of all, I will never test you on history. We'll never test you on history. Should I know this? Well, I mean, not particularly, but it's the year the Jack the Ripper killings happened. That's what I, yeah, there we go. All eights. When did Lincoln get shot? That's none of our business.

We were failed by the American school system, and therefore we don't have to look back. You're right. It's not my fucking problem. Okay. So on this winter morn, a 19-year-old teacher named Minnie Freeman is walking to her tiny schoolhouse where she teaches 13 of the local homesteader's children, ranging in ages from 6 to 15. The schoolhouse is a one-room sod house.

We were failed by the American school system, and therefore we don't have to look back. You're right. It's not my fucking problem. Okay. So on this winter morn, a 19-year-old teacher named Minnie Freeman is walking to her tiny schoolhouse where she teaches 13 of the local homesteader's children, ranging in ages from 6 to 15. The schoolhouse is a one-room sod house.

And a sod house was a thing they used to do out on the prairie because, you know, they didn't have any supplies and they just kind of had to do their best. So that means that a sod house usually definitely the roof and sometimes even the walls are constructed from packed dirt and prairie grass.

And a sod house was a thing they used to do out on the prairie because, you know, they didn't have any supplies and they just kind of had to do their best. So that means that a sod house usually definitely the roof and sometimes even the walls are constructed from packed dirt and prairie grass.

And it's based on, I think, based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. That you covered. Which I believe I covered. You definitely covered.

And it's based on, I think, based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. That you covered. Which I believe I covered. You definitely covered.

On a not live episode?

On a not live episode?

Okay. Okay, so here we are. So here we are, but it basically is that, where it's people living on the open prairie, settlers, homesteaders, making what they can. So like there was some of the, I saw a picture, Alejandra and Maren found a picture of one of these sod houses. And the one I saw, it was like the walls were made of like piled up rocks.

Okay. Okay, so here we are. So here we are, but it basically is that, where it's people living on the open prairie, settlers, homesteaders, making what they can. So like there was some of the, I saw a picture, Alejandra and Maren found a picture of one of these sod houses. And the one I saw, it was like the walls were made of like piled up rocks.

And then the windows were kind of built into the holes where they left. And then the roof was sod and flat.

And then the windows were kind of built into the holes where they left. And then the roof was sod and flat.

But then there's also the ones where they build them. This is very Laura Ingalls Wilder, where they build them kind of into the ground so that they're like protected. There's all kinds of ways they were trying to do that stuff. But what we're saying is there was no like Western worn horse town or anything like that. It was like there are no supplies here situation. Yeah.

But then there's also the ones where they build them. This is very Laura Ingalls Wilder, where they build them kind of into the ground so that they're like protected. There's all kinds of ways they were trying to do that stuff. But what we're saying is there was no like Western worn horse town or anything like that. It was like there are no supplies here situation. Yeah.

So the Sod House is a common structure found on the frontier that settlers can quickly build to live or work in without basically the luxury of their usual building supplies like, oh, I don't know, wood and nails. So Minnie's Sod Schoolhouse has a stove in it. We're not sure if it's wood burning or coal burning, but it was like a central stove.

So the Sod House is a common structure found on the frontier that settlers can quickly build to live or work in without basically the luxury of their usual building supplies like, oh, I don't know, wood and nails. So Minnie's Sod Schoolhouse has a stove in it. We're not sure if it's wood burning or coal burning, but it was like a central stove.