Emmons County history : compiled for the bicentennial, 1976

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Beck; Eureka; Garry; Hazelton; Homestead; Keller; McIntosh; Patience; Stanton; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/13325

FUEL A prairie housewife had to have the patience of Job while trying to cook a meal. Most prairie stoves were designed so that they could burn hay, dried corncobs and sunflower stalks. The most common fuel, however, was the cow chips collected from the pastures in the summer. The manure from the ba...