Lyman Pike, Jr. in front of his dugout north of Jefferson Post Office on the Middle Loup River, Nebraska

Typical dugout home built by homesteaders in the late 1800s on the Nebraska plains. Lyman Pike, Jr., in front of his dugout north of Jefferson Post Office on the Middle Loup River, Nebraska

Dugout north of Jefferson Post Office on the Middle Loup River, Nebraska

Dugout north of Jefferson Post Office on the Middle Loup River, Nebraska