A blacksmith is an important member of many pioneer communities. Blacksmiths shaped tools and other productsin their workshops. Then they sold these goods to the settelers.
A cabin maker provided settelers with finley crafted furniture and other wooden products . Before a cabinmaker arrived at a settlement ,pioneers made their own furniture. They even made their own spoon.
Pioneers created the sod house using the treeless land. They built a home that became their permanent residence. They found a rise in the grown that was suitable for their sod house and patted the earth to hard rock.
Living in sod houses ment many obstacles. the sod house leaked continuously.