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The 30 inches (76 cm) walls of the house were built of native prairie grass and sod, held in place by hog wire. The L-shaped house, built 31-feet wide by 31 feet long, has three rooms with plastered and wallpapered walls. Originally the house had wooden floors, but in 1938 the floors were
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installed a marker "in commemoration of the
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The walls talk : historic house museums of Colorado
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