Dowse Sod House Index
Poem – Location – Story – Timeline – Work Cited – Map
Douglas Grove after Edward Douglas
Owned by William and Florence Dowse
Windmill was taken by a tornado
Soddy withheld a tornado
Eliza Dowse, William’s sister
Swallows nested in the sod house
Out on the open prairie
Dependent on the earth
Had five sons born and raised at house
Open prairies where the Dowses lived
Used a dugout to start the sod house
Steady life style
Edible roots where sod house was