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“The Blue Juniata”

1841 Marion Dix Sullivan song.

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

Circle game.

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“All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border”

1829 Sir Walter Scott air.

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cameo

Aunt Docia’s pretty collar pin.

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Charles Mead

Proprietor of the Exchange Hotel in De Smet, 1880-1882.

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Protected: James H. Clewett

De Smet teacher, January-March 1883

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water alcove

Railroad car water for drinking.

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claim jumper / Mr. Hunter / Jack Hunt

One who ousts another from their land.

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wintergreen

Aromatic, creeping evergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, having bright red berries.

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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Laura & Almanzo Wilder house in De Smet

Home of Almanzo, Laura, & Rose 1892-1894

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Protected: George C. Westervelt

Renter of the Ingalls building in De Smet, winter 1884-1885.

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Good Templars Lodge

International temperance fraternal organization.

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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“Here’s to the Maiden”

1780 R.B. Sheridan drinking song.

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Charleton Fuller / Gerald Fuller

Hardware store owner, partnered with his brother Gerald.

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Missouri Ruralist

The Missouri Ruralist. A twice-monthly Missouri farm periodical...

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“Daisy Deane”

1863 song by Union soldiers.

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Come Into the Garden, Maud

1855 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Charlotte Quiner Holbrook

Caroline Ingalls’ mother

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Supposed Speech of Regulus

From Independent Fifth Reader.

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satchel

Small, soft-sided handled luggage.

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Jerome Beardsley family

De Smet hotel keeper.

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Alfred N. Waters

Attorney and land agent in De Smet.

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surveyor

One who measures land and delineates the same on paper.

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cat hole / cat-hole

Jack will keep other animals from using it.

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Hamlin Garland

…and his first Christmas tree!

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Thomas Quiner

Ma’s brother and Laura’s uncle

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Poverty Flat

Early De Smet residential area.

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blizzard

In 1880-1881, a long, severe, blinding, and bitterly cold snowstorm.

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William H. Steadman family

Proprietor of hotel in Burr Oak.

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pasteboard / lambrequin

Paperboard used as base for decorative edging.

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birds in their little nests agree

Miss Wilder knew nothing about birds.

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Frank Schaub

Early harness maker in De Smet.

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Godey’s Lady’s Book

Women’s magazine, 1830-1898.

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nine-patch / Laura’s double nine-patch Irish chain quilt

Quilt block pattern.

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De Smet bird’s-eye view

1883 Henry Wellge drawing of De Smet

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flag, the flower

An aquatic flower, Iris versicolor.

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sulky / sulky plow

One-seated conveyance.

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John Armstrong

Kingsbury Co. courthouse caretaker

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“I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land”

1860 Daniel Decatur Emmett song.

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Samuel O. Masters / William J. Masters families

Walnut Grove, Burr Oak, and De Smet family known by the Ingallses.

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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Mary Power & Edwin Sanford

Laura’s friend and the new clerk at Ruth’s bank.

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mud hen / mudhen

American coot.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective

Dakota Central comes to De Smet.

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consumption

A wasting disease, pulmonary tuberculosis.

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“The Treadmill Song”

Oliver Wendell Holmes poem set to music.

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These Happy Golden Years – historical perspective

De Smet, D.T., 1883-1885.

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copperplate

Variable-width handwriting script made with a flexible, pointed nib.

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President George Washington

First President of the U.S.A.

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D

daisy – dye

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Governor of Orleans / The American Remount Association

Registered stallion leased to Almanzo Wilder 1923-1925.

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“Oh Boys, Carry Me Along”

Stephen Foster song.

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mustache

Hair above the lip.

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Protected: Alice & Arthur Whiting

Cousin Alice Ingalls Whiting’s family.

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“Ben Bolt”

1842 Thomas Dunn English song.

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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acre

4840 square yards of land.

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Uncle Sam

Figure symbolizing the United States.

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“The Sleighing Glee”

Singing school song.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday

Happy Birthday, Laura!

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Waverly Novels

Sir Walter Scott books.

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poor man’s fertilizer

Snow plowed into a field.

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clinched nail

Bent at a right angle.

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“Dakota Land”

1876 hymn, Beulah Land.

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T

tableland – two-faced

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Pre-1906 and 1912 De Smet Panoramic Photos

A view in every direction.

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gosh!

that wicked word

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land office

Where sales of public lands are registered.

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poll

No horns.

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Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works

Rise! Come forward!

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harvest moon

Full moon nearest autumnal equinox

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Big Sioux River / Sioux River

SD-IA tributary of Missouri River.

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“Jesus Holds My Hand”

Hymn #85, Pure Gold for the Sunday Schools

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Belgian horse

They’d pull a barn, if hitched to it.

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spinning wheel / spinning-wheel

Turns wool into yarn.

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parsnip

Pastinaca edulis, a white, spindle-shaped root vegetable.

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roller towel

Long towel with ends sewn together, hung on a rod.

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wall-paper

Wall covering.

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“Beware!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem.

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Thomas H. Ruth

President of Kingsbury County Bank in De Smet.

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coal / coal hod

Carbonized plant matter mined and used as fuel.

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Lewis Sasse

De Smet druggist

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Henry Ford’s Own Story

Industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company.

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“Old Grimes”

1822 Albert Gorton Greene poem.

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turntable

Revolving railroad platform.

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squirrel

Rodent mammal of the genus Sciurus.

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“Miller Boy”

“Grab!”

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shoe pegs

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening.

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Dr. Alfred Starr

His wife wanted Laura.

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Bad Lands

Area eroded by wind & water.

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective

Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin

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Have you seen the comet?

Tebbutt’s Great Comet of 1881.

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“America”

1832 Reverend Samuel F. Smith song.

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buffalo / bison

bison

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“Love’s Old Sweet Song”

1884 song by Bingham & Malloy.

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Silas Rood

Rude by name & nature?

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Minnie Johnson

Laura’s schoolmate in De Smet

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The Athenians

Hartville, Mo. study club.

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Peytona & Fashion

Currier & Ives print at Rocky Ridge Farm.

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organ

musical instrument

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scones

“Mamabess is growing fat.”

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John D. Peirson

Early De Smet liveryman.

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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muskrat

Their houses predict winter weather.

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Little Town on the Prairie – historical perspective

De Smet D.T. in the 1880s.

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Orion E. Stearns

Caught by blizzard of ’88.

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checkers

Game played on a board of 64 squares.

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galluses / suspenders

Straps worn for holding up pants.

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“Home, Sweet Home”

1823 Payne & Bishop song.

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“Arkansas Traveler”

Traditional American folk song.

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Reverend Stewart Sheldon

American Home Missionary Society Superintendent 1874-1886.

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George A. Williams

Superintendent of Schools, 1883.

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cottonwood tree

Wetland plains tree, Populus fremontii.

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buffalo beans

Prairie ground plum.

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snow-fort

“Holler ’nuff!”

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le cadeau du cheval

mosaic painting featuring Almanzo’s Morgan horses

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Bloody Benders

Serial killers in 1870s Kansas.

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depot / station

Railway station.

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orthography

The art of spelling words correctly.

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“Haste to the Wedding”

Traditional Irish fiddle tune.

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ground-cherry

Variety of husk tomato.

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De Smet today

Where I would like to be right now.

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jumping jack / jumping-jack

Jointed acrobat toy.

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“When I Can Read My Title Clear”

1700s Isaac Watts hymn.

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John James Ingalls

Senator from Kansas.

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huckleberry

Let’s have some pie!

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William O’Connell

Fictional Bill O’Dowd.

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engine / locomotive / iron horse

Vehicle powered by steam and run on tracks.

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Reverend Edward Brown

Minister of the First Congregational Church of De Smet, 1880-1884.

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Stories of the Moorland

1869 book by Lizzie Bates about a young boy growing up in Scotland.

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wonderful house / frame house

Wooden house built on Charles Ingalls’ Plum Creek preemption claim.

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milk pan / milk-pan / milkpan

Where cream rises.

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tableland

Elevated flat land; a plateau.

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“The High Tide”

Jean Ingelow poem.

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auger

hand drill

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honey

Bee-made sweetness.

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Rev. Royal Gould Wilder

Almanzo’s uncle.

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Old Settler’s Day

De Smet annual reunion.

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“Irish Washerwoman”

Traditional Scottish and Irish song/dance song.

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“Life Let Us Cherish”

1796 Swiss song translated to English.

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Hill-Billy

1926 Rose Wilder Lane book.

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barrel

Round vessel or cask made of wooden staves.

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Sale of School Lands on the Osage Diminished Reserve

LHOP cabin was on Section 36

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alley / alleyway

Narrow passageway, distinct from public street.

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custard / ice-cream

Sweetened milk and eggs, cooked.

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mosquito bar / netting

Woven cloth bug barrier.

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X

xanthophyll

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“Uncle Sam’s Farm”

1848 Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. song.

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patent / title

official property ownership document

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forfeits

Game in which items are deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine.

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C

cabbage – cyclone

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smoke stack / smokestack

locomotive firebox chimney

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Mansfield history

Town in Wright County, Missouri.

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Marshall, Minnesota

Almanzo Wilder farmed here in 1879-1880.

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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“Buffalo Gals”

1844 Virginia Minstrels song.

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“Song of the Grass”

Song from Leslie and Randall’s The Conqueror, page 16.

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Our National Anthem; words by Francis Scott Key.

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bull dog / bulldog

All of him rested, except his ears.

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fanning-mill

Machine for winnowing.

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

A semi-nomadic finch, Spiza americana.

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willow-ware

Blue-and-white tableware with Chinese story paintings.

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velvet

Silk or blend fabric with short shag surface.

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bureau

A dresser / chest of drawers.

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emigrant car

Railroad car used to move a settler and/or a settler’s goods.

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twilight

Light when the sun is 0-18 degrees below the horizon.

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bushel / peck

Dry quart measurements.

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windrow

Line of hay raked together.

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Protected: private post

Go away AI; you are not welcome here.

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reindeer

Why didn’t they fly over the creek?

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primer

Used to teach someone to read.

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carding-machine

Straightens fibers by combing.

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railroad cut / fill

How you level a railroad grade.

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Robbins children

“froze stark stiff”

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dumpling

Dough cooked in liquid.

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August Hanson

The Ingallses’ next door neighbor in De Smet.

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Delos Perry family

The Perry School was on his homestead.

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claim shanty

Temporary dwelling.

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Timothy Johnson family

De Smet Wagon Shop.

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I

“I am Mrs. Jinks…” – “I wouldn’t marry a farmer”

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U

udder – upland

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Reverend Edwin H. Alden

Walnut Grove Congregational minister and missionary in Dakota.

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James Glover family

Students in the Wilkin School.

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Charles Ely

Early lumber man in De Smet.

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“The Whip-Poor-Will’s Song”

1865 Harrison Millard song.

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swan

Cygnus Americanus

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“Paul Revere’s Ride”

Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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J

jabot – Justice of the Peace

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cupola

Dome-like vault on a public building.

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riot / Tracy railroad strike

Tracy in June, not De Smet in September

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“Captain Jinks”

1868 comedic opera song.

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John H. Carroll

Early De Smet banker.

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brakeman

Person who stops the train.

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cornmeal mush / hasty pudding

Cornmeal and water, cooked.

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building paper / tar paper

Crude building paper used for covering.

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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tiger lily

Native spotted flower of tallgrass prairie.

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