Read more Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin Read more
Read more Samuel O. Masters / William J. Masters families Walnut Grove, Burr Oak, and De Smet family known by the Ingallses. Read more
Read more South Troy / Zumbro Falls during the Little House years Ingallses lived here with Uncle Peter. 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 Western Reserve Land in Ohio, given to Connecticut upon agreement to give up claim to lands in Pennsylvania. Read more
Read more Declaration of Independence Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain. Read more
Read more Stories of the Moorland 1869 book by Lizzie Bates about a young boy growing up in Scotland. 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 wonderful house / frame house Wooden house built on Charles Ingalls’ Plum Creek preemption claim. Read more
Read more Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man. Read more
Read more By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective Dakota Central comes to De Smet. Read more
Read more Charles H. Tinkham Early undertaker and owner of the first furniture store in De Smet. Read more
Read more mother-of-pearl Hard, silvery, brilliant, internal layer of several kinds of shells, particularly oysters. Read more
Read more ante-over / anti-over / anteover Game in which a ball is thrown over a structure. Read more
Read more Lost, between sunrise and sunset… Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872. Read more
Read more Little House in the Big Woods – the fictional story Once upon a time, 60 years ago… Read more
Read more Introspections of an Individualist Norma Lee Browning article about Rose Wilder Lane. Read more
Read more Little House on the Prairie – the fictional story The Ingallses in Indian Territory. Read more