Read more mother-of-pearl Hard, silvery, brilliant, internal layer of several kinds of shells, particularly oysters. Read more
Read more quarter section / quarter-section One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres. Read more
Read more Visscher Barnes Probate Judge, VP of Temperance Society, and first director of De Smet school board. Read more
Read more Volga, Dakota Territory Town on the Dakota Central R.R. between Brookings and Arlington, platted in 1879. Read more
Read more Little House on the Prairie – the fictional story The Ingallses in Indian Territory. 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 Eleck Nelson family Neighbors of the Ingalls family when living on their preemption claim north of Walnut Grove. Read more
Read more South Troy / Zumbro Falls during the Little House years Ingallses lived here with Uncle Peter. Read more
Read more Charleton Fuller / Gerald Fuller Hardware store owner, partnered with his brother Gerald. Read more
Read more Lost, between sunrise and sunset… Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872. Read more
Read more pen / pen-wiper An instrument used for writing. / Material used to clean it after writing. Read more
Read more Laura’s Bible references Laura Ingalls Wilder’s hand-written list of Bible verses to be read in times of trouble or stress. Read more
Read more rags for paper rag. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered fragment; a shred; a... Read more
Read more Alice Maria Wilder Older sister and playmate of Almanzo Wilder. She lived 1853-1892. Read more
Read more Charles H. Tinkham Early undertaker and owner of the first furniture store in De Smet. Read more
Read more Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man. Read more
Read more Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin Read more
Read more cannon Military engine used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by the force of gunpowder. Read more
Read more Little House in the Big Woods – the fictional story Once upon a time, 60 years ago… Read more