People wonder what happened to lots of “Little House” characters. But nobody seems to ask about these people:
Mr. Anderson
Nick Brown
Walter and Cora DeVoe
Mr. Foster
Mr. Hanson
Charles and Martha Harrison
Eva Huleatt
Hattie Johnson
Miles Lewis
Mr. Mead
Bill O’Dowd
Mrs. Peterson
Bill Ritchie
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Williams
Why is that? Because if everything Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote was true, then these people ought to fit nicely in the history of their respective “Little House” towns, right? There are additional characters in the manuscripts and in Pioneer Girl; in which case, I could have added Angeline Dayton and Cass Hobart to the list.
