i'll take the pale blue card
I guess there's no way Garth Williams could have known -- unless he had researched a bit (novel idea) -- but ever since I learned a thing or two about Jake Hopp, it's bothered me that poor Mr. Hopp will go down in history with everyone thinking he was an old man in the early 1880s and imagine him looking like the drawing of him in Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 16, "Name Cards."

Jake Hopp was born in 1858, so he was actually a year younger than the dashing Almanzo Wilder. And instead of writing more about Jake here, I probably should just go work on the Jake Hopp webpage while he's fresh in my mind. Or, "Hopp to it," as Gina said tonight.
- posted by pioneergirl at 1:21 AM