Read more spoon holder / spoon-holder / spoonholder Any vessel used to hold and display spoons. Read more
Read more Lost, between sunrise and sunset… Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872. Read more
Read more Spin-offs and Adaptations of the Little House Books Not by LIW, but kindred publications. Read more
Read more pen / pen-wiper An instrument used for writing. / Material used to clean it after writing. Read more
Read more Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man. Read more
Read more wonderful house / frame house Wooden house built on Charles Ingalls’ Plum Creek preemption claim. Read more
Read more ash withe / ash-withe A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band for tying. Read more
Read more By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective Dakota Central comes to De Smet. 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 Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor. Read more
Read more “Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess” Nursery rhyme wordplay on the name Elizabeth. Read more
Read more cream of tartar / baking powder Byproduct of wine-making process, used in baking as leavening agent. Read more
Read more World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition Destination of the Wilder brothers in the fall of 1884. Read more
Read more Charleton Fuller / Gerald Fuller Hardware store owner, partnered with his brother Gerald. Read more
Read more Declaration of Independence Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain. Read more