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A sod farm structure in Iceland Saskatchewan sod house, circa 1900 Unusually well appointed interior of a sod house, North Dakota, 1937. The sod house or soddy [1] was a common alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. [2]
Sod is grown on specialist farms. For 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture reported 1,412 farms had 368,188 acres (149,000.4 ha) of sod in production. [9]It is usually grown locally (within 100 miles of the target market) [10] to minimize both the cost of transport and also the risk of damage to the product.
In common usage, "sharpshooter" and "marksman" are synonymous. [3] [4] Within the specialized fields of shooting sports and military usage, however, sharpshooter and marksman each refer to different levels of skill. Specifically, in the US Army, "marksman" is a rating below "sharpshooter" and "expert". [2]
The Accuracy International PM (Precision Marksman) rifle was entered into a British competition in the early 1980s as a replacement for the Lee–Enfield derived sniper rifles then in use by the British Army (e.g. L42A1). The Accuracy International rifle was selected over the Parker Hale M85.
The Hunter Farm comprises eleven historic buildings, [1] centered on the high-style farmhouse. Built in 1850, the farmhouse is a two-story structure built of brick; architectural elements such as its pilasters and recessed entryway are constructed with evidence of influence from both the Greek Revival and Italianate styles.
A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it was the most common roof on rural log houses in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia.
The Marksman grossed $15.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $8.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide of $23.9 million. [4] [2] The film grossed $3.7 million over the four-day MLK opening weekend, the second Open Road/Neeson title to top the box office during the COVID-19 pandemic after Honest Thief the previous October.
The battle near Fort Phil Kearny, Dakota Territory, December 21, 1866 Scalped corpse of buffalo hunter found after an 1868 encounter with Cheyennes near Fort Dodge, Kansas In June 1877, in the Nez Perce War the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph , unwilling to give up their traditional lands and move to a reservation, undertook a 1,200-mile (2,000 km ...