4 Days Building my Off-Grid Old West Homestead (Ep.5)

Step back into 1883 and join me on a journey to the heart of the wild west. My chuck wagon and I are on a mission to homestead the Oklahoma frontier. With a good set of pioneer tools and a little bushcraft knowhow I'll struggle my way through this and hopefully survive my first year of off grid living in the old west.

In this episode I begin construction of the roof with cedar planks. During this time Oklahoma already had rail roads so getting wood planks from the east was doable. Those who couldn’t afford it would use bundled up grasses and then laid as much as 2 feet of sod overtop. From what I’ve read these roofs needed to be rebuilt every year because of leaks until they could afford to buy wood planks. My roof will eventually get a sod covering but I’ll build the walls first which will strengthen the roof before I lay the sod.

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God bless,
Will