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stockade

Enclosure of posts or sticks.

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tiger lily

Native spotted flower of tallgrass prairie.

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Jacob Hopp

Printer and De Smet newspaper owner.

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“Buy a Broom”

O Du Leiber Augustin.

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Supposed Speech of Regulus

From Independent Fifth Reader.

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wigwam

What Almanzo’s shocked oats looked like.

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“Dakota Land”

1876 hymn, Beulah Land.

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Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works

Rise! Come forward!

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“In the Starlight”

1878 Glover & Carpenter song.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective

Dakota Central comes to De Smet.

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le cadeau du cheval

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flag, the flower

An aquatic flower, Iris versicolor.

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James Glover family

Students in the Wilkin School.

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“Keep the Horse Shoe Over the Door”

1880 Joseph Skelley song.

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Indian camps

Look! Beads!

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Will Barnes

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

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Little House on the Prairie – the fictional story

The Ingallses in Indian Territory.

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Silas Rood

Rude by name & nature?

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“Old Grimes”

1822 Albert Gorton Greene poem.

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Old Military Tract

Franklin Co. NY map reference

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“Buffalo Gals”

1844 Virginia Minstrels song.

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dove-in-the-window / bear’s tracks

Patchwork pattern variations.

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killdeer

Small aquatic bird.

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primer

Used to teach someone to read.

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gaiters

Cloth ankle covering.

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Come Into the Garden, Maud

1855 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls

Heather Williams book.

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“My Jenny Jerusha Jane”

1868 A.G. Chase song.

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bastion

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

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Millbank

1871 novel by Mary Jane Holmes.

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Thomas C. Wilkin family

Florence Wilkin’s father.

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slate

Stone used as tablet for writing upon.

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Burr Oak today

Only Ingalls home in original location.

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beet

Succulent root vegetable.

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James McKee family

Early homesteader north of Manchester D.T. Laura Ingalls stayed with them during the spring of 1883.

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Marshall, Minnesota

Almanzo Wilder farmed here in 1879-1880.

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“Here’s to the Maiden”

1780 R.B. Sheridan drinking song.

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Christopher Columbus

A native of Genoa, in Italy.

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Turkey red

Durable red color, dyed with madder upon calico or woolen cloth.

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black bird / blackbird

Name given to various American birds.

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“The Evergreen Shore”

1861 William Hunter song.

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Osage Indian Treaty

Legal agreement between nations or sovereigns.

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wall-paper

Wall covering.

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“Rock Me to Sleep”

Elizabeth Allen poem.

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Little House in the Big Woods – the fictional story

Once upon a time, 60 years ago…

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stone fences

Rock wall enclosure.

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Missouri Pool

Smoked a pipe & grew pretty flowers.

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The Modern Musketeer

How Rose became a great actress.

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mantel-shelf

Shelf above a fireplace.

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braid / plait

Entwined strands.

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De Smet during the Little House years

The Ingalls family moved here in 1879.

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whalebone

Baleen used in corsets.

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forfeits

Game in which items are deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine.

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clinched nail

Bent at a right angle.

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“The Blue Juniata”

1841 Marion Dix Sullivan song.

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“The Lotos Eaters”

Tennyson poem.

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cannon

Military engine used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by the force of gunpowder.

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blacking / stove-blacking / boot blacking

Preparation used to make things black.

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poultice

Applied to sores to help them heal.

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“The Whip-Poor-Will’s Song”

1865 Harrison Millard song.

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Lansford James Ingalls family

Pa’s brother and Laura’s uncle.

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snowplow

Clears the tracks.

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Laura’s wedding silver

Wm. Rogers’ “Crown” silverplate.

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copper-toed shoes

Metal shoe protector.

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buckwheat pancakes

Seeds of the flowering plant Eriogonum used as a grain.

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“The Burial of Sir John Moore”

1817 poem by Charles Wolfe.

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“Irish Washerwoman”

Traditional Scottish and Irish song/dance song.

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breast-pin / brooch

Ornament worn on clothing.

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New England Supper

Fund-raising communal pot-luck meal.

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Julia & Amasa Tower

Walnut Grove church friends.

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“The Gypsy’s Warning”

1864 Henry Coard song.

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copyright / permissions

Please do not plagiarize.

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last

Mold of a foot, used in making shoes.

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wristlets

Knitted bands worn around the wrists for warmth.

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writ of attachment

Legal document requiring action.

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John H. Carroll

Early De Smet banker.

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Hamlin Garland

…and his first Christmas tree!

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windrow

Line of hay raked together.

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cameo

Aunt Docia’s pretty collar pin.

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“Give us this day our daily bread”

“The City, a Mc Kee plain glassware pattern.

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greenhorn / greeny

Immature, raw, awkward.

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nine-patch / Laura’s double nine-patch Irish chain quilt

Quilt block pattern.

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes

Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor.

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herd

A number of large beasts assembled together.

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isinglass

mica for stove windows

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William H. Reed

Teacher in Burr Oak school, 1876-1877.

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hatchet

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

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gable

Triangular end of a building under the roof.

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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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mercury / thermometer

Used to measure air temperature.

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Carrie Ingalls

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

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Godey’s Lady’s Book

Women’s magazine, 1830-1898.

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Bad Lands

Area eroded by wind & water.

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“Marching Through Georgia”

Union song from American Civil War.

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“The Sculptor Boy”

Carrie recited it.

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Daniel Loftus

Early drygoods store owner in De Smet.

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prairie danglers

seventhwinter whimsey’s glass slide pendants!

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cradle scythe

Blade and handle used to cut oats.

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“Bean Porridge Hot”

Bean porridge cold…

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Thomas Power family

De Smet tailor.

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“Yankee Doodle”

Early song brought to America from Britain.

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Timber Culture Act / tree claim

Passed by Congress, March 3, 1873.

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A Tribute to the Early Day Teachers

Neva Whaley Harding tribute.

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batten / lath

Thin, narrow board for fastening or joining.

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birds’-nest pudding

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

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cottonwood tree

Wetland plains tree, Populus fremontii.

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“Three Blind Mice”

Popular nursery song, sung in rounds.

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rags for paper

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

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galumphing

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

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Big Tracy Cut

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

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Good Templars Lodge

International temperance fraternal organization.

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Visscher Barnes

Probate Judge, VP of Temperance Society, and first director of De Smet school board.

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legal cap

legal document paper

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Commentators on the Ac’s

Pa’s charade pun.

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yeast / yeast cakes

Bread-leavening organism.

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Marvin Hughitt

Officer and President of the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway Company.

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pullaway

Outdoor tagging game.

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Morocco leather

Fine goat leather.

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Little Town on the Prairie – historical perspective

De Smet D.T. in the 1880s.

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Mansfield history

Town in Wright County, Missouri.

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locust

Buy this book.

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pumpkin

The plant and fruit of Curcubita pepo

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“Nobody Ask’d You”

In the frosty mornings and the chilly evenings when they went...

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auk

Extinct sea bird used to describe dovekie found by Charles Ingalls.

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Uncle Sam

Figure symbolizing the United States.

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checkers

Game played on a board of 64 squares.

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cant-hook / cant-pole

Instrument used by lumbermen to move logs.

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“Gaily Now Our Boat is Sailing”

Singing school exercise

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“Don’t Leave the Farm, Boys”

Song from The Conqueror.

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“Bo-peep has lost her sheep”

Game of hiding and surprise to amuse a small child.

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Ross family

Neighbors in the Perry District.

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Kingsbury County, D.T.

County in eastern South Dakota, organized in 1879.

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galluses / suspenders

Straps worn for holding up pants.

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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Army bugle

Brass military horn.

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“The Pied Piper”

Robert Browning poem.

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bushel / peck

Dry quart measurements.

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apprentice

One who is legally bound to another to learn a trade or art.

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The Advance

Weekly family newspaper of the Congregational church.

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“Arkansas Traveler”

Traditional American folk song.

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Dr. Robert Hoyt

Husband of Mattie Masters.

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Laura’s Bible references

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s hand-written list of Bible verses to be read in times of trouble or stress.

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storm apron

Rain protection for buggy.

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apron

Garment protector.

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Mary Power & Edwin Sanford

Laura’s friend and the new clerk at Ruth’s bank.

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“By Lo, Baby Bunting”

Mother Goose rhyme.

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certificate

Written testimony of fact.

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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“Old Dan Tucker”

Mr. Edwards sings it!

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parsnip

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

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Farmer Boy – the fictional story

Almanzo Wilder’s childhood in Burke NY.

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Mr. Edwards / Edmund Mason

Was he Edmund Mason?

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tea

A man’s drink in cold weather.

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

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

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“All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border”

1829 Sir Walter Scott air.

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twisting hay

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

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brakeman

Person who stops the train.

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missionary barrel

Collection of items distributed to the needy.

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Hattie Dorchester

Jake Zickrick’s skating partner.

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Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard

Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man.

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lantern

A light meant to be carried.

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“Camptown Races”

1850 Stephen Foster song.

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mowing machine

Farm implement for cutting hay or grain.

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The House that Jack Built

…for two pieces of money.

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churn

Cream agitator.

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Will Knight

Walnut Grove revival singer.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday

Happy Birthday, Laura!

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Wilder feed store

Shhh. There’s wheat in the wall!

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Delos Perry family

The Perry School was on his homestead.

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spring tonic

Bitter purifying medicine.

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railroad cut / fill

How you level a railroad grade.

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John D. Peirson

Early De Smet liveryman.

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dovekie

Arctic aquatic bird, Alle alle.

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Will Bennett

One of the younger De Smet schoolboys.

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“My Sabbath Home”

Hymn #7, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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“nervous as a witch”

restless

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Spat them Out

Clapping (and kissing) game.

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literature

Knowledge and fancy preserved in writing.

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velvet

Silk or blend fabric with short shag surface.

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wheelwright

One who makes wheels and carriages.

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Martha Perry / Mrs. White

Laura helped her sew shirts.

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crow

Large black bird of genus Corvus.

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“The High Tide”

Jean Ingelow poem.

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“The Singing School”

1869 P. Benson song.

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ostrich tips / feathers

Short bobbing feather used for hat decoration.

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cupola

Dome-like vault on a public building.

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custard / ice-cream

Sweetened milk and eggs, cooked.

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engine / locomotive / iron horse

Vehicle powered by steam and run on tracks.

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Old English letters

Variety of printing type.

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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Joseph Bouchie family

Fictional Brewster family in THGY.

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tableland

Elevated flat land; a plateau.

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“The Heavens Declare the Glory”

From The Conqueror, page 144.

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“What Shall the Harvest Be?”

1850 Emily Oakley poem.

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silver castor

Rotating condiment set.

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“all’s well that ends well”

A proverb.

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Declaration of Independence

Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain.

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Reverend Edwin H. Alden

Walnut Grove Congregational minister and missionary in Dakota.

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morning-glory

Climbing plant of the genus Ipomœa.

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