During the period July 12-19 work at the site will be carried on under the auspices of a field school offered by North Dakota State University, in collaboration with PND. The field school may be taken for undergraduate credit, graduate credit, teacher professional development credit, or simply as a learning vacation. Participants enrolled not only will work at the Hutmacher Farmstead but also will tour historic earth building sites across western North Dakota. For full information about the field school, “Prairie Earth, Prairie Homes,” call Tom Isern at 701-799-2942 or see the website – www.ndsu.edu/instruct/isern/earth

The Hutmacher Farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It consists of a complex of stone-and-earth buildings built and lived in by a German-Russian immigrant family. It is a notable example of vernacular architecture using local materials in traditional style. For details about the Hutmacher restoration project, call Suzzanne Kelley at 701-799-3064 or see the PND website – www.prairieplaces.org