Wholesea is near to the site of Sod House Lock on the Market Weighton Canal. He was raised in a sod house in Colorado. The settlement consisted of a post office, general store, and a sod house. It contains a badlands landscape and a reconstructed sod house. While headed to Gustaf's sod house, Britta becomes disillusioned about her future. While the influence of the sod house cannot be overlooked, stone or timber was preferred. Cox had the only real home when he built a sod house. After that Zeb builds a sod house for the family. The historic Dowse Sod House lies southwest of Comstock. The Sod House was built by Marshal McCully in 1894. When they had time, they would build a sod house. William was born in the family's sod house in White, South Dakota. The Sod House Museum (under the Oklahoma Historical Society) maintains the structure. Harold Warp was born in a sod house on a farm near Minden, Nebraska. Another attraction is the Alexander Brownlie Sod House, on the city's north side.