Root Cellar — A room or large hole dug into the ground used for food storage during pioneer times. A root cellar kept food cool and fresh for long periods of time before refrigerators were invented.

SLOUGH:

slough (n.)

1.any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

2.a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

3.a hollow filled with mud

4.necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

slough (v.)

1.cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers"our dog sheds every Spring"

synonyms

slough (n.)

gangrene, pool of mud, puddle, quagmire, sphacelus

slough (v.)

exuviate, lose hair, moult, shed, molt (American)

Sloo and Slough on Beyond Little House

OLD BUILDINGS IN OWASSO, OKLAHOMA:

Komma Building

Owasso Historical Museum

Owasso Historical Society

Owasso Historical Museum Newsletters

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES:

Architecture of the United States

History of Architecture (Written in 1848)

How to Check the History of a Building

Periods and Styles

TIMBER CULTURE ACT: An 1870s weather hypothesis suggested that growing timber increased humidity and perhaps rainfall. Plains country residents urged the Federal Government to encourage tree planting in that area, believing trees would improve the climate. Also, 1870 government land regulations dictated that home seekers in Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota could acquire only 320 acres of land. To encourage tree planting and increase the acreage open to entry, Congress passed the Timber Culture Act in 1873, declaring that 160 acres of additional land could be entered by settlers who would devote forty acres to trees. Some 10 million acres were donated under this act, but fraud prevented substantive tree growth. The act was repealed in 1891.

COTTONWOOD TREES: