[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Soddies were homes made of sod. My Grandmother in Colorado lived in one until she was 8, when they move to town and lived in a frame house. She said she never knew why anyone would want to live in a frame house because they were so drafty . Soddies had their own problems with dirt, of course, but, were a lot warmer to live in in the winter. They were usually a temporary housing solution with farmers intending to build a more permanent house.

[Bob434]

yeah those were pretty common in the early days from what i understand=- I would imagine though that mice and rats and bugs and such woudl have no problems getting into the structures- They woudl be warm, soaking in the heat and retaining and radiating it back inwards for long period-

The ranch i stayed in was an old stagecoach stop/inn, and had no insulation, and when the wind blew- the curtains would nearly stand on end lol- so yup- they were quite drafty in the early days-