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Mossback's Northwest

When Stumps Went Viral

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

When Stumps Went Viral

Season 7 Episode 4 | 6m 19s | CC

Settlers came to the Northwest and began lopping down the forests, then they had to deal with old-growth stumps. Some homesteaders were called “stump farmers” for their post-cutting fields. They dug them up, they blew them up. But sometimes they took a different course. Some massive stumps were turned into housing and put to other uses. Thus the regional phenomenon of the Stump House.

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