Little Privy on the Prairie

How fitting this little outhouse is to the entire Spring Hill Ranch complex. Stephen Jones didn't scrimp on this building. The interior walls are rough-cut ashlar stone, which is dressed at the windows. The exterior walls are built with block limestone. The keystones have a hammered face with the edges of the stone tooled. The corner stones also have the tooled edges. The outhouse even has curtains in the windows for that added element of privacy.

Outhouse looking festive	Winter view of the outhouse
	Inside the outhouse Note the three holes, one for a child

Inside you will find that it's a three-holer. The reason behind more than one opening is for biodegradability. Lime was used to break down the solids, while the other opening could be utilized until the waste was dissolved. The outhouse was necessary, because there wasn't the indoor plumbing that we know today. The only thing that saved someone from a trip to the outhouse on a cold, snowy night was the chamber pot. There are many names for these little helpers, such as "Thunder Buckets", etc.