How a North Dakota Farmer’s “STUPID” Mud Cabin Saved His Family at -65°F
Автор: Wild Time
Загружено: 2025-12-13
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Experience the incredible true story of the “stupid” mud cabin that defied the deadliest winter in North Dakota history. During the Winter of Death of 1886–1887, with temperatures plunging to -65°F and wind chills near -100°F, wooden cabins failed, sod houses froze solid, and thousands died—yet one homestead stayed warm. This video reveals how Danish immigrant Lars Thomsen, mocked for building his home from thick mud walls instead of timber, created a structure with such massive thermal stability that it maintained comfortable temperatures with only a small daily cooking fire. As neighbors ran out of firewood and began freezing to death, Thomsen’s dirt cabin became the only safe refuge for miles, saving 192 lives and proving that earth, when built thick enough, could outperform conventional construction. Blending frontier survival, forgotten engineering, and real building science, this story shows how a cabin made of mud became the smartest structure on the frozen prairie—and why the solution to survival was literally under everyone’s feet.
Keywords: mountain men, frontier cabins, log cabin building, 1830s wilderness survival, Rocky Mountains history, pioneer building techniques, thermal mass heating, double wall insulation, frontier life, trapper history, Wind River Valley, wilderness survival, historical building methods, cabin insulation, passive heating cooling, frontier innovation, American West history, mountain living, log home construction, traditional building
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