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Women’s Christian Temperance Union

W.C.T.U.

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Tennyson’s Poems

Christmas present for Laura

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Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works

Rise! Come forward!

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wintergreen

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

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Henry Burvee

One of the first settlers in Kingsbury Co.

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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Perry School

April 28 – June 27, 1884

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Wilder feed store

Shhh. There’s wheat in the wall!

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snow-fort

“Holler ’nuff!”

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V

vain – vote

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“The Evergreen Shore”

1861 William Hunter song.

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“The Singing School”

1869 P. Benson song.

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Ida Belle Wright

Laura’s best friend in De Smet

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Ernest & Minnie Green

This is not Mary & Edwin Sanford!

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poor man’s fertilizer

Snow plowed into a field.

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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

Laura’s handwritten manuscript.

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beet

Succulent root vegetable.

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“In the Starlight”

1878 Glover & Carpenter song.

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John D. Peirson

Early De Smet liveryman.

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Reverend Stewart Sheldon

American Home Missionary Society Superintendent 1874-1886.

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coal / coal hod

Carbonized plant matter mined and used as fuel.

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Alfred N. Waters

Attorney and land agent in De Smet.

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bushel / peck

Dry quart measurements.

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“Miller Boy”

“Grab!”

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stone fences

Rock wall enclosure.

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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black-berry / blackberry

The berry of the bramble, Rubus fruticosous.

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Home Missionary Society

Group organized to raise money to start churches and Sunday schools in the west where there were none.

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popcorn

Heat makes it burst & it’s tasty.

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canvas

Coarse hemp or flax cloth.

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“all’s well that ends well”

A proverb.

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chapel

Place of worship.

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Missouri Pool

Smoked a pipe & grew pretty flowers.

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Charles Barker

Early De Smet grocer.

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Edelbert Harthorn family / Frank Harthorn & Mabel Burd

Father and son owners of early drygoods store in De Smet.

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“Beware!”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem.

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“Tubal Cain”

Charles McKay poem.

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Reverend Edwin H. Alden

Walnut Grove Congregational minister and missionary in Dakota.

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

W-NW & W-SW 9-4N-20E of Black Hills Meridian

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awl

pokes holes

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“Uncle Ned”

One of the earliest Stephen Foster songs.

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Chariton County, Missouri

Location of land purchased in 1868 by Charles Ingalls, Henry Quiner, and Tom Quiner.

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carding-machine

Straightens fibers by combing.

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Lewis Sasse

De Smet druggist

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silver castor

Rotating condiment set.

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“My Old Kentucky Home”

1853 Stephen Foster song.

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De Smet bird’s-eye view

1883 Henry Wellge drawing of De Smet

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elevator

Warehouse for seed and grain.

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Hattie Dorchester

Jake Zickrick’s skating partner.

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lantern

A light meant to be carried.

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“Home of the Soul”

1865 E.M.H. Gates hymn.

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copyright / permissions

Please do not plagiarize.

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copper

Cu

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“Love’s Old Sweet Song”

1884 song by Bingham & Malloy.

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biscuits

A kind of un-fermented bread, formed into flat cakes, and baked.

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“Old Folks at Home”

Way down upon the Swanee River!

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cornmeal mush / hasty pudding

Cornmeal and water, cooked.

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“Coming Through the Rye”

Robert Burns tune.

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Big Tracy Cut

“100 feet deep & tapering off for 1/4 mile”

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album

Blank booklet for collecting autographs or photos.

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Pa’s “big green book”

George Hartwig’s The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature.

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“Nellie was a Lady”

…last night she died

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cat hole / cat-hole

Jack will keep other animals from using it.

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by jingo!

A corruption of St. Gengoulph.

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“The Star of Bethlehem”

When Marshalled on the Nightly Plane

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churn

Cream agitator.

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Laura, the Prairie Girl

1975-76 animated series.

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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Walnut Grove during the Little House years

Village in Redwood County, Minnesota

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Baby Boy Wilder

Son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder

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J

jabot – Justice of the Peace

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the Cameron gang

fiat justitia, ruat caelum…

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starry papers

Hand-made shelf edging.

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wall-paper

Wall covering.

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Hill-Billy

1926 Rose Wilder Lane book.

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“Darling Nellie Gray”

1856 Benjamin Hamby song.

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milking-stool

Three legs (the cow has the udder).

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locust

Buy this book.

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mustache

Hair above the lip.

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Western Reserve

Land in Ohio, given to Connecticut upon agreement to give up claim to lands in Pennsylvania.

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water alcove

Railroad car water for drinking.

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basket

Woven container.

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spoon holder / spoon-holder / spoonholder

Any vessel used to hold and display spoons.

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Jesse French

Butchered oxen during the Hard Winter.

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Peter Pfeiffer family

John May’s son-in-law.

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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kerosene / kerosine

Oil used for lighting.

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Silas Rood

Rude by name & nature?

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herd

A number of large beasts assembled together.

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spinning wheel / spinning-wheel

Turns wool into yarn.

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K

Kansas – knothole

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“A Life on the Ocean Wave”

1847 Epes Sargent poem put to music.

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James Kennedy family

Walnut Grove farming family, originally from Canada.

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Blanche Coday

Rose’s friend.

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elephant

A very large quadruped.

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Charles Ely

Early lumber man in De Smet.

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Doxology

Old Hundred.

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“Hail Columbia”

1789 Philip Phile march.

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George C. Bradley

Early De Smet druggist.

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twilight

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

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Belgian horse

They’d pull a barn, if hitched to it.

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Ven Owen

Teacher and principal of the first graded school in De Smet

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Eleck Nelson family

Neighbors of the Ingalls family when living on their preemption claim north of Walnut Grove.

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Little House on the Prairie – the fictional story

The Ingallses in Indian Territory.

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New England States

ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, & CT.

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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what-not / whatnot

An étagère for books & ornaments.

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button lamp

Improvised grease lamp.

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fever ‘n’ ague / malaria

malaria

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milk pan / milk-pan / milkpan

Where cream rises.

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“Here’s to the Maiden”

1780 R.B. Sheridan drinking song.

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copperplate

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

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Daniel Loftus

Early drygoods store owner in De Smet.

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yoke

Frame worn on the neck for lifting or drawing.

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“To a Girl”

Poem used to describe Beatrice Sorchan.

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hatchet

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

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South Troy / Zumbro Falls today

Little town along the Zumbro River.

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The Story of Art Smith

1915 Rose Wilder Lane serial about an aviator.

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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birds’-nest pudding

Dessert made of apples baked in syrup and served with cream.

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“There is a Happy Land”

Whoop! How those eggs do smell!

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Charles Philip Ingalls

Father of Laura Ingalls. He lived 1836-1902.

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T

tableland – two-faced

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Freddy Ingalls

Laura’s brother (1875-1876)

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Uncle Sam

Figure symbolizing the United States.

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black bird / blackbird

Name given to various American birds.

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Spookendyke

Rose’s stubborn donkey

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birthday

As near as I can figure, E.J. was right.

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Poverty Flat

Early De Smet residential area.

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sundogs

Bright spots on either side of the sun.

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“Little Annie Rooney”

1889 song by Michael Nolan.

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starch

cloth stiffener

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poke bonnet / poke-bonnet

the lining matched Laura’s eyes

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geranium

Winter windowsill flowers.

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Dr. William H. York

Bender victim

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parsnip

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

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cottage cheese

Curdled skim milk.

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Julia & Amasa Tower

Walnut Grove church friends.

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De Smet during the Little House years

The Ingalls family moved here in 1879.

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“Mary of the Wild Moor”

1845 song by Joseph W. Turner.

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cosy / cozy

snug and comfortable

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H

hack – hypocrite

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Henry Ford’s Own Story

Industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company.

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primer

Used to teach someone to read.

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picket rope / pin / line

animal tether

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trough

Stock-watering vessel.

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swan

Cygnus Americanus

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“The Polish Boy”

Poem by Ann S. Stephens

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“Old Dan Tucker”

Mr. Edwards sings it!

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Little House on the Prairie – historical perspective

LHOP history

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Pure Gold for the Sunday School

Hymnal owned by the Ingalls family.

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acre

4840 square yards of land.

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“The Whip-Poor-Will’s Song”

1865 Harrison Millard song.

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wonderful house / frame house

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

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Q

quaker meeting – quinine

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tax

A certainty, as is death.

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Introspections of an Individualist

Norma Lee Browning article about Rose Wilder Lane.

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“Sweet By and By”

Pa’s favorite hymn.

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checkers

Game played on a board of 64 squares.

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cat’s cradle

Game played with string twisted on the fingers.

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John Ensign family

Quit crying, Howard.

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Lizzie

the child bride

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B

bachelor – “by the pale, silver light…”

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photographs

There’s a little birdie in the camera, Rose.

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Yankton, Dakota Territory

1879 land office town.

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dipper / ladle / skimmer

Used to remove foam when boiling maple sap.

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“Jingle Bells”

1857 James Pierpont song.

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Old Settler’s Day

De Smet annual reunion.

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Dr. Alfred Starr

His wife wanted Laura.

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Adam / adam’s apple

The first man, the progenitor of the human race.

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De Smet today

Where I would like to be right now.

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Dr. Robert Hoyt

Husband of Mattie Masters.

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“Golden Years are Passing By”

1879 Will Thompson song.

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These Happy Golden Years – the fictional story

Laura teaches and falls in love.

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Carrie Ingalls

Younger sister of Laura Ingalls; she lived 1870-1946.

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breast-pin / brooch

Ornament worn on clothing.

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apron

Garment protector.

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Charlotte Holbrook

Laura’s “Aunt Lotty”

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Will Knight

Walnut Grove revival singer.

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dug out / dugout

Dwelling built into the earth.

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The Athenians

Hartville, Mo. study club.

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bastion

A part of a main enclosure which projects toward the exterior.

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Timber Culture Act / tree claim

Passed by Congress, March 3, 1873.

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yeast / yeast cakes

Bread-leavening organism.

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Army bugle

Brass military horn.

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lief

Gladly; willingly; freely.

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William H. Reed

Teacher in Burr Oak school, 1876-1877.

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Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective

Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin

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Becky Newhall / Rebecca Stewart

Classmate of Laura Ingalls in De Smet.

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Good Templars Lodge

International temperance fraternal organization.

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twisting hay

makes a hot, quick fire

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dove-in-the-window / bear’s tracks

Patchwork pattern variations.

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

From Robert Herrick poem.

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Quaker meeting

Parlor game in which players try to remain silent.

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F

Fair Grounds – furrow

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Hamlin Garland

…and his first Christmas tree!

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A Tribute to the Early Day Teachers

Neva Whaley Harding tribute.

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Thomas H. Ruth

President of Kingsbury County Bank in De Smet.

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“nervous as a witch”

restless

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