Read more cannon Military engine used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by the force of gunpowder. Read more
Read more Mary Amelia Ingalls First child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls, 1865-1928; she lost her sight at age 15. Read more
Read more Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man. Read more
Read more Missouri Ruralist The Missouri Ruralist. A twice-monthly Missouri farm periodical... Read more
Read more Home Missionary Society Group organized to raise money to start churches and Sunday schools in the west where there were none. Read more
Read more Governor of Orleans / The American Remount Association Registered stallion leased to Almanzo Wilder 1923-1925. Read more
Read more butter tester Instrument used to remove core sample from a vat of butter, for the sake of testing. Read more
Read more spelling / speller The order of letters in a word. / A book of exercises on the order of letters. Read more
Read more equinoctial storm Severe wind and heavy rain that occurs at or near the time of an equinox. Read more
Read more quarter section / quarter-section One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres. Read more
Read more Great American Desert Varying area of North America, believed at times to be uninhabitable by civilized man. Read more
Read more Pa’s “big green book” George Hartwig’s The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature. Read more
Read more Pittsburgh Courier Widely-circulated black newspaper, which Rose Wilder Lane wrote a column for in the 1940s. Read more