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The Hutmacher Site
Just an Ordinary Farmstead
The House
The Granary
The Garage - Summer Kitchen
The Chicken Coop
The Barn
The Root Celler
Stone Slab Construction
Introduction
Where They Got the Materials
Building the Walls
Wattle and Daub Wall
Finishing the Outside Walls
The Roof
Finishing the Inside
The Beehive Chiminey
The Restoration Effort
The Hutmachers Sell the Farm
The Buildings Fall into Disrepair
Preservation North Dakota Takes Over
The Learning Process
The Problem with Cement
Improving the Roof
The Site as a Learning Tool
The Hutmacher Family
Family Stories
Valentine Hutmacher
Frank Hutmacher
Historical Context
Homesteading the Prairie
The Homestead Act
A Typical Homestead
Pioneer Life
Dealing with the Environment
Who Came and Who Stayed
Nothing was Wasted
Getting Water
Keeping Warm
Subsistance Farming
The Stress of Living on the Edge
Germans from Russia
Germans Immigrate to Russia
Putting Down Roots
Germans Commumities in Russia
Falling out of Favor
On the Move Again
Preserving the Culture
The Fate of Those that Stayed
The Melting Pot
The Hutmacher Farmstead