Thank you to DaFoosa for allowing us to adopt this cache into
the "Coal Trails & Praire Rails" geocaching route, bookmarked
on the right. - CBGA
This is the second Sod house built in Morrin. The Sod house is
designed to last 10 years but the first one was built in 1980. The
sod house or "Soddy" was a corollary to the log cabin during
frontier settlement of the United States and Canada. The prairie
lacked standard building materials such as wood or stone; however,
sod from thickly-rooted prairie grass was abundant. Prairie grass
had a much thicker, tougher root structure than modern landscaping
grass. Construction of a sod house involved cutting patches of sod
in rectangles, often 2'×1'×6" (600×300×150mm) long, and piling them
into walls. Builders employed a variety of roofing methods. Sod
houses accommodate normal doors and windows. The resulting
structure was a well-insulated but damp dwelling that was very
inexpensive. Sod houses required frequent maintenance and were
vulnerable to rain damage. Stucco or wood panels often protected
the outer walls. Canvas or plaster often lined the interior
walls.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
You are looking for a camoed PB jar.