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Come Into the Garden, Maud

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Come Into the Garden, Maud

1855 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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udder

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udder

Where the milk is before milking.

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honey

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honey

Bee-made sweetness.

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Uncle Sam

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Uncle Sam

Figure symbolizing the United States.

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“Haste to the Wedding”

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“Haste to the Wedding”

Traditional Irish fiddle tune.

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Mansfield history

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Mansfield history

Town in Wright County, Missouri.

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“A Shelter in the Time of Storm”

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“A Shelter in the Time of Storm”

Ira Sankey hymn.

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nubia

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nubia

A light scarf worn about the head and neck.

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John Ensign family

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John Ensign family

Quit crying, Howard.

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breast-pin / brooch

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breast-pin / brooch

Ornament worn on clothing.

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nutmeg

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nutmeg

Myristica moschata, used as a spice.

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“For the Sake o’ Somebody”

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“For the Sake o’ Somebody”

1794 Robert Burns poem.

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Big Green Animal Book

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Big Green Animal Book

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

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“Money Musk”

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“Money Musk”

Traditional American dance tune.

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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Laura’s wedding silver

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Laura’s wedding silver

Wm. Rogers’ “Crown” silverplate.

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Ingalls office / store in De Smet

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Ingalls office / store in De Smet

NW and SE corners of Calumet and Second.

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Willard Seelye

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Willard Seelye

De Smet teacher, 1881-1882.

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certificate

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certificate

Written testimony of fact.

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William H. Reed

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William H. Reed

Teacher in Burr Oak school, 1876-1877.

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spring tonic

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spring tonic

Bitter purifying medicine.

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Alfred Thomas

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Alfred Thomas

He was MARRIED, people!!

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“My Jenny Jerusha Jane”

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“My Jenny Jerusha Jane”

1868 A.G. Chase song.

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“Tubal Cain”

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“Tubal Cain”

Charles McKay poem.

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tax

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tax

A certainty, as is death.

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acre

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acre

4840 square yards of land.

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primer

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primer

Used to teach someone to read.

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riot / Tracy railroad strike

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riot / Tracy railroad strike

Tracy in June, not De Smet in September

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Almanzo Wilder

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Almanzo Wilder

The Man of the Place

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“What Shall the Harvest Be?”

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“What Shall the Harvest Be?”

1850 Emily Oakley poem.

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hoity-toity snip

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hoity-toity snip

Thoughtless, giddy, haughty, flighty, gay, and noisy.

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ash withe / ash-withe

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ash withe / ash-withe

A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band for tying.

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James Glover family

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James Glover family

Students in the Wilkin School.

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buck / buckskin

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buck / buckskin

Male of the fallow deer, and leather made from its skin.

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legal cap

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legal cap

legal document paper

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“Down in Alabam'” / “The Old Gray Mare”

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“Down in Alabam'” / “The Old Gray Mare”

1858 J. Warner song.

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Good Templars Lodge

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Good Templars Lodge

International temperance fraternal organization.

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Jim River / James River

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Jim River / James River

A tributary of the Missouri River.

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Charles Barker

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Charles Barker

Early De Smet grocer.

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James Kennedy family

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James Kennedy family

Walnut Grove farming family, originally from Canada.

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Western Reserve

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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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“Dakota Land”

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“Dakota Land”

1876 hymn, Beulah Land.

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snow-fort

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snow-fort

“Holler ’nuff!”

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copyright / permissions

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copyright / permissions

Please do not plagiarize.

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awl

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awl

pokes holes

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dried-raspberry sauce

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dried-raspberry sauce

Dried sauce good on biscuits.

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Burr Oak today

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Burr Oak today

Only Ingalls home in original location.

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Edelbert Harthorn family / Frank Harthorn & Mabel Burd

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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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bracket lamp

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bracket lamp

Affixed lighting fixture.

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Little House in the Big Woods – the fictional story

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Little House in the Big Woods – the fictional story

Once upon a time, 60 years ago…

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blizzard

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blizzard

In 1880-1881, a long, severe, blinding, and bitterly cold snowstorm.

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Jack Frost

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Jack Frost

A popular personification of frost.

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gaiters

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gaiters

Cloth ankle covering.

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Yankton, Dakota Territory

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Yankton, Dakota Territory

1879 land office town.

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Laura Remington

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Laura Remington

Mrs. Phillip Aubrey Lawrence

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scour / scouring brick

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scour / scouring brick

To rub hard for the purpose of cleaning.

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muskrat

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muskrat

Their houses predict winter weather.

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gingerbread

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gingerbread

Chocolate frosting adds to the goodness!

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cream of tartar / baking powder

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cream of tartar / baking powder

Byproduct of wine-making process, used in baking as leavening agent.

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literary society

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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“Rock of Ages”

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“Rock of Ages”

1760s Augustus Toplady hymn.

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cottage cheese

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cottage cheese

Curdled skim milk.

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“Marching Through Georgia”

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“Marching Through Georgia”

Union song from American Civil War.

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“Come In and Shut the Door”

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“Come In and Shut the Door”

Circa 1862 song by J.P.H.

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carved wooden bracket

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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reindeer

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reindeer

Why didn’t they fly over the creek?

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cornmeal mush / hasty pudding

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cornmeal mush / hasty pudding

Cornmeal and water, cooked.

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

Circle game.

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peddler’s cart / wagon

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peddler’s cart / wagon

A little store on wheels.

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“Oft in the Stilly Night”

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“Oft in the Stilly Night”

Song from Lalla Rookh.

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Indian camps

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Indian camps

Look! Beads!

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Hide the Thimble

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Hide the Thimble

You’re getting warmer…

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“A Motto for Every Man”

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“A Motto for Every Man”

1868 Harry Clifton song.

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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Home Missionary Society

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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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chapel

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chapel

Place of worship.

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Tennyson’s Poems

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Tennyson’s Poems

Collection of works by Written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson,...

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“Ben Bolt”

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“Ben Bolt”

1842 Thomas Dunn English song.

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“Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-Ay”

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“Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-Ay”

1891 Henry J. Sayers song.

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fascinator

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fascinator

Pretty, light head covering.

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“The Treadmill Song”

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“The Treadmill Song”

Oliver Wendell Holmes poem set to music.

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claim shanty

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claim shanty

Temporary dwelling.

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storm apron

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storm apron

Rain protection for buggy.

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writ of attachment

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writ of attachment

Legal document requiring action.

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muff

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muff

A warm covering for receiving the hands.

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“Song of the Grass”

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“Song of the Grass”

Song from Leslie and Randall’s The Conqueror, page 16.

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mustache

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mustache

Hair above the lip.

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dug out / dugout

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dug out / dugout

Dwelling built into the earth.

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Oscar Rhuel / Röhl

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Oscar Rhuel / Röhl

A romantic figure…

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basket

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basket

Woven container.

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George C. Bradley

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George C. Bradley

Early De Smet druggist.

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antelope

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antelope

Antilocapra cervicapra of North America.

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“The Tides” / The moon is at its full

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“The Tides” / The moon is at its full

1860 William Cullen Bryant poem.

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poor man’s fertilizer

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poor man’s fertilizer

Snow plowed into a field.

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The Advance

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The Advance

Weekly family newspaper of the Congregational church.

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Charleton Fuller / Gerald Fuller

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Charleton Fuller / Gerald Fuller

Hardware store owner, partnered with his brother Gerald.

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Great American Desert

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Great American Desert

Varying area of North America, believed at times to be uninhabitable by civilized man.

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Frank M. Cooley family

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Frank M. Cooley family

On the Way home travelers.

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“The High Tide”

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“The High Tide”

Jean Ingelow poem.

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spinning wheel / spinning-wheel

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spinning wheel / spinning-wheel

Turns wool into yarn.

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Ella & Robert Boast

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Ella & Robert Boast

Friends of the Ingalls family in De Smet.

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census taker

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census taker

Statistical registration of members of a country.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – historical perspective

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – historical perspective

Walnut Grove in the 1870s.

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twin lakes

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twin lakes

Lake Henry & Lake Thompson

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picket rope / pin / line

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picket rope / pin / line

n. A stake sharpened or pointed, used in fortification and...

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Frogs at School

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Frogs at School

“Twenty froggies went to school…”

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“Gaily Now Our Boat is Sailing”

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“Gaily Now Our Boat is Sailing”

Singing school exercise

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“Billy Boy”

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“Billy Boy”

English folk song.

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“Mountain of the Lord”

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“Mountain of the Lord”

Hymn #52, Pure Gold for the Sunday School

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hardtack

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hardtack

Unleavened hard bread made from flour and water.

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Laura Speaks

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Laura Speaks

Al-MAN-zo, Al-MAN-zo, Al-MAN-zo

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buckwheat pancakes

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buckwheat pancakes

Seeds of the flowering plant Eriogonum used as a grain.

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

From Robert Herrick poem.

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Thomas Quiner

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Thomas Quiner

Ma’s brother and Laura’s uncle

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“The Singing School”

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“The Singing School”

1869 P. Benson song.

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bacon

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bacon

Hog’s flesh salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke.

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cat’s cradle

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cat’s cradle

Game played with string twisted on the fingers.

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De Smet Cemetery

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De Smet Cemetery

Ma & Pa’s final resting place.

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oyster

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oyster

A mollusk of the genus Ostrea, having a bivalve shell.

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windrow

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windrow

Line of hay raked together.

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carding-machine

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carding-machine

Straightens fibers by combing.

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“The Pied Piper”

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“The Pied Piper”

Robert Browning poem.

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“Home of the Soul”

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“Home of the Soul”

1865 E.M.H. Gates hymn.

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“The May Queen”

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Freddy Ingalls

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Freddy Ingalls

Laura’s brother (1875-1876)

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last

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last

Mold of a foot, used in making shoes.

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Henry Burvee

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Henry Burvee

One of the first settlers in Kingsbury Co.

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

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

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water alcove

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water alcove

Railroad car water for drinking.

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Orion E. Stearns

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Orion E. Stearns

Caught by blizzard of ’88.

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spelling / speller

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spelling / speller

The order of letters in a word. / A book of exercises on the order of letters.

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birds’-nest pudding

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birds’-nest pudding

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

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P A T

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P A T

one seven seven ought

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Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence

Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain.

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Little House Songs

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Little House Songs

Prairie Song Companion

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Will Knight

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Will Knight

Walnut Grove revival singer.

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Ross family

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Ross family

Neighbors in the Perry District.

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Peter Riley Ingalls family

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Peter Riley Ingalls family

Uncle Peter & Aunt Eliza.

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rags for paper

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rags for paper

rag. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered fragment; a shred; a...

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Joseph Bouchie family

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Joseph Bouchie family

Fictional Brewster family in THGY.

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ambition

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ambition

Act of obtaining an object of desire.

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copper-toed shoes

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copper-toed shoes

Metal shoe protector.

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velocipede

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velocipede

Carriage propelled by pedals or feet.

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galumphing

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galumphing

To move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner.

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chestnut / horse chestnut

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chestnut / horse chestnut

A large nut, the fruit of a species of Æsculus.

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Dolly Varden

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Dolly Varden

NIckname of Edith Ingalls, Laura’s cousin.

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lantern

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lantern

A light meant to be carried.

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Eleck Nelson family

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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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harvest moon

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harvest moon

Full moon nearest autumnal equinox

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flag, the flower

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flag, the flower

An aquatic flower, Iris versicolor.

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Little Georgie Dwight

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Little Georgie Dwight

He could not learn his letters!

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“Uncle John”

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“Uncle John”

Play song to the tune of Yankee Doodle.

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garnet

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garnet

Deep orange-red gemstone.

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Maude Blair

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Maude Blair

Walnut Grove friend of Laura’s

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World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

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World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition

Destination of the Wilder brothers in the fall of 1884.

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missionary barrel

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missionary barrel

Collection of items distributed to the needy.

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Congress

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Congress

Legislative body of a country.

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The Missouri Ruralist

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The Missouri Ruralist

Twice monthly Missouri farm periodical.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective

Dakota Central comes to De Smet.

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bushel / peck

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bushel / peck

Dry quart measurements.

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Wilkin School

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Wilkin School

April 20 – July 10, 1885.

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De Smet during the Little House years

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De Smet during the Little House years

The Ingalls family moved here in 1879.

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

A semi-nomadic finch, Spiza americana.

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“America”

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“America”

1832 Reverend Samuel F. Smith song.

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Jesse French

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Jesse French

Butchered oxen during the Hard Winter.

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Army bugle

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Army bugle

Brass military horn.

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swan

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swan

Cygnus Americanus

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Marvin Hughitt

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Marvin Hughitt

Officer and President of the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway Company.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – the fictional story

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – the fictional story

Farming struggles in Minnesota.

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butter tester

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butter tester

Instrument used to remove core sample from a vat of butter, for the sake of testing.

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consumption

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consumption

A wasting disease, pulmonary tuberculosis.

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button lamp

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button lamp

Improvised grease lamp.

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“The Gypsy King”

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“The Gypsy King”

Young Laura and Mary’s favorite song!

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The House that Jack Built

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The House that Jack Built

…for two pieces of money.

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St. Lawrence River

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St. Lawrence River

A streak of silver on the horizon.

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Missouri Pool

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Missouri Pool

Smoked a pipe & grew pretty flowers.

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“Uncle Ned”

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“Uncle Ned”

One of the earliest Stephen Foster songs.

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America / American

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America / American

Pertaining to the United States of America.

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De Smet today

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De Smet today

Where I would like to be right now.

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velvet

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velvet

Silk or blend fabric with short shag surface.

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“Old Folks at Home”

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“Old Folks at Home”

Way down upon the Swanee River!

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tattoo

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tattoo

Sounds like beating drums!

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“To a Girl”

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“To a Girl”

Poem used to describe Beatrice Sorchan.

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“nervous as a witch”

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“nervous as a witch”

restless

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twisting hay

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twisting hay

Pioneer method by which dried grass is formed into compact...

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squirrel

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squirrel

Rodent mammal of the genus Sciurus.

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“The Ninety and Nine”

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“The Ninety and Nine”

Elizabeth Clephane poem.

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“When I Can Read My Title Clear”

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“When I Can Read My Title Clear”

1700s Isaac Watts hymn.

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Old Settler’s Day

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Old Settler’s Day

De Smet annual reunion.

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Will Barnes

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Will Barnes

Walnut Grove acquaintance of the Ingallses’ in the 1870s....

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Roman candle

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Roman candle

Flaming stars and balls firework.

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Reverend Edward Brown

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Reverend Edward Brown

Minister of the First Congregational Church of De Smet, 1880-1884.

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dipper / ladle / skimmer

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dipper / ladle / skimmer

Used to remove foam when boiling maple sap.

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ground-cherry

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ground-cherry

Variety of husk tomato.

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“Sing a Song of Sixpence”

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“Sing a Song of Sixpence”

Mother Goose rhyme.

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willow

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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literature

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literature

Knowledge and fancy preserved in writing.

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le cadeau du cheval

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le cadeau du cheval

2008 horse mural composed of smaller paintings of horses,...

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Thomas C. Wilkin family

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Thomas C. Wilkin family

Florence Wilkin’s father.

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Braille / New York Point

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Braille / New York Point

Used by Mary Ingalls.

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