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Sod and Stubble Monument

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Sod and Stubble Monument

Downs, KS | Osborne County

Shaped like the front of a one-room school, this monument stands as a worthy tribute to "Sod and Stubble," the story of the Ise family who lived near here from 1873 to 1909. Son John wrote this compelling work in 1936 detailing his parents' struggles as they sought to make it on a prairie farm.

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