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Lansford James Ingalls family

Pa’s brother and Laura’s uncle.

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photographs

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

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Uncle Sam

Figure symbolizing the United States.

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Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard

Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man.

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“Buy a Broom”

O Du Leiber Augustin.

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“Old Folks at Home”

Way down upon the Swanee River!

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Old English letters

Variety of printing type.

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justice / Justice of the Peace

Limited jurisdiction magistrate.

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catechism

Question & answer book of religious doctrine.

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“Give us this day our daily bread”

The City, a Mc Kee plain glassware pattern.

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“The Burial of Sir John Moore”

1817 poem by Charles Wolfe.

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sulky / sulky plow

One-seated conveyance.

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“In the Starlight”

1878 Glover & Carpenter song.

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Kitty

the Ingallses’ cat in Dakota Territory

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A

aboveboard – axle

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Our National Anthem; words by Francis Scott Key.

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wheelwright

One who makes wheels and carriages.

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china shepherdess / little china woman

Ingalls family figurine.

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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bobolink

On Mary Power’s name card.

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apron

Garment protector.

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G

gable – “Gypsy’s Warning”

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leap frog / leap-frog

Run and jump game.

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bastion

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

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Will Bennett

One of the younger De Smet schoolboys.

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mowing machine

Farm implement for cutting hay or grain.

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James Glover family

Students in the Wilkin School.

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Pioneer Press

St. Paul newspaper read by Charles Ingalls in De Smet

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“Camptown Races”

1850 Stephen Foster song.

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twilight

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

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Lewis Sasse

De Smet druggist

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“Coming Through the Rye”

Robert Burns tune.

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Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad

1793 Robert Burns poem.

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Walter Ogden

Surveyors’ House housemate 1879-80

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barrel

Round vessel or cask made of wooden staves.

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Joseph Bouchie family

Fictional Brewster family in THGY.

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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cat’s cradle

Game played with string twisted on the fingers.

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The Long Winter – the fictional story

Winter for seven months!

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Caroline Ingalls

Mother of Laura Ingalls. She lived 1839-1924.

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“For the Sake o’ Somebody”

1794 Robert Burns poem.

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Will Knight

Walnut Grove revival singer.

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Little Georgie Dwight

He could not learn his letters!

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Protected: private post

Go away AI; you are not welcome here.

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school section

Public land supporting schools.

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pen / pen-wiper

An instrument used for writing. / Material used to clean it after writing.

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F

Fair Grounds – furrow

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Big Tracy Cut

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

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“Nellie was a Lady”

…last night she died

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Osage Indian Treaty

Legal agreement between nations or sovereigns.

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“What Shall the Harvest Be?”

1850 Emily Oakley poem.

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Farmer Boy – the fictional story

Almanzo Wilder’s childhood in Burke NY.

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Sale of School Lands on the Osage Diminished Reserve

LHOP cabin was on Section 36

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The New York Ledger

Weekly story paper, published 1855-1898.

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Burr Oak today

Only Ingalls home in original location.

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Ida Belle Wright

Laura’s best friend in De Smet

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auger

hand drill

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Have you seen the comet?

Tebbutt’s Great Comet of 1881.

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trundle bed

Low bed stored under higher bed.

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clinched nail

Bent at a right angle.

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Edward H. Couse

Early hardware store owner in De Smet.

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custard / ice-cream

Sweetened milk and eggs, cooked.

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“Highland Mary”

1799 Robert Burns songs, favorite of Mary Ingalls.

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“To a Girl”

Poem used to describe Beatrice Sorchan.

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“Marching Through Georgia”

Union song from American Civil War.

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Fred Fields / Big Jerry

Railroad boss and his brother-in-law.

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Horace / Homer Heath

Railroad-working brothers.

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William H. Reed

Teacher in Burr Oak school, 1876-1877.

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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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P A T

one seven seven ought

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bison / “The Bison Track”

Bayard Taylor poem about Bos Americanus, found in Independent Fifth Reader.

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Spookendyke

Rose’s stubborn donkey

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Alfred N. Waters

Attorney and land agent in De Smet.

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saleratus / soda

Leavening agents used in baking.

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Poverty Flat

Early De Smet residential area.

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Little House Songs

Prairie Song Companion

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Alice & Arthur Whiting

Cousin Alice Ingalls Whiting’s family.

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peddler’s cart / wagon

A little store on wheels.

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“The Sculptor Boy”

Carrie recited it.

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cranberry

Good ones bounce!

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Spat them Out

Clapping (and kissing) game.

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“The Swan’s Nest”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem.

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“Haste to the Wedding”

Traditional Irish fiddle tune.

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“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks”

Long Winter song

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Hamlin Garland

…and his first Christmas tree!

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roller towel

Long towel with ends sewn together, hung on a rod.

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Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works

Rise! Come forward!

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antelope

Antilocapra cervicapra of North America.

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ice cream social

Laura and Almanzo didn’t enjoy it.

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Ella & Robert Boast

Friends of the Ingalls family in De Smet.

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nubia

A light scarf worn about the head and neck.

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copper

Cu

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scour / scouring brick

To rub hard for the purpose of cleaning.

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axle grease

Lubricant for wagon wheels and other machinery.

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orthography

The art of spelling words correctly.

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“Old Grimes”

1822 Albert Gorton Greene poem.

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“The Good Old Way”

Hymn 18, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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Jacob Hopp

Printer and De Smet newspaper owner.

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K

Kansas – knothole

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pumpkin

The plant and fruit of Curcubita pepo

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certificate

Written testimony of fact.

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“I Wish I Was Single Again”

1871 J.C. Beckel song.

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“Barbary Allen”

Old Scotch tune.

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“I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land”

1860 Daniel Decatur Emmett song.

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“The Star of Bethlehem”

When Marshalled on the Nightly Plane

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Freddy Ingalls

Laura’s brother (1875-1876)

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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“De Boatmen’s Dance”

Away Down the RIver on the O-hi-o.

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

1858 J. Warner song.

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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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Timber Culture Act / tree claim

Passed by Congress, March 3, 1873.

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Rev. Royal Gould Wilder

Almanzo’s uncle.

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cottage cheese

Curdled skim milk.

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milking-stool

Three legs (the cow has the udder).

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claim jumper / Mr. Hunter / Jack Hunt

One who ousts another from their land.

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Doxology

Old Hundred.

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These Happy Golden Years – historical perspective

De Smet, D.T., 1883-1885.

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milk pan / milk-pan / milkpan

Where cream rises.

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Silver Lake

Kingsbury County prairie pothole lake.

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“The Old Time”

Mr. Boast’s favorite song.

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vanity cakes

Egg and flour batter fried in oil into golden brown puffs.

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buck / buckskin

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

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James Kennedy family

Walnut Grove farming family, originally from Canada.

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zebra

Part of Willie Oleson’s Noah’s Ark toy.

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amen / amen corner

Expression used at the end of prayers.

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pieplant

Rhubarb.

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blueberry

a kind of whortleberry

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herd

A number of large beasts assembled together.

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accordion

musical instrument

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Charles Philip Ingalls

Father of Laura Ingalls. He lived 1836-1902.

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dug out / dugout

Dwelling built into the earth.

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Thanksgiving

Public celebration of divine goodness.

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“Gaily Now Our Boat is Sailing”

Singing school exercise

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hardtack

Unleavened hard bread made from flour and water.

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spider

Legged cooking vessel.

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quinine

Medicine used to treat malaria, made from cinchona bark.

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Jesse French

Butchered oxen during the Hard Winter.

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copperplate

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

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“The Singing School”

1869 P. Benson song.

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tea

A man’s drink in cold weather.

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“Old Dan Tucker”

Mr. Edwards sings it!

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ground-cherry

Variety of husk tomato.

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Henry O. Quiner family

Ma’s brother, married to Pa’s sister Polly.

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ash withe / ash-withe

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

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apple pie / dried apple pie

Just like Ma used to make.

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Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls

Heather Williams book.

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Peytona & Fashion

Currier & Ives print at Rocky Ridge Farm.

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nutmeg

Myristica moschata, used as a spice.

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butter

Edible fatty substance made by churning cream.

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storm apron

Rain protection for buggy.

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bake oven / bake-oven

Coals on top and below.

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“It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary”

1912 Judge & Williams song.

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depot / station

Railway station.

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“Ben Bolt”

1842 Thomas Dunn English song.

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acre

4840 square yards of land.

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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cornice

Molded roof or window projection.

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engine / locomotive / iron horse

Vehicle powered by steam and run on tracks.

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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turnip

Cruciferous plant grown for root and greens.

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Visscher Barnes

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

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Jack Frost

A popular personification of frost.

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calendar

What’s today’s date?

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Burke / Malone during the Little House years

Almanzo Wilder birthplace.

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Army bugle

Brass military horn.

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galluses / suspenders

Straps worn for holding up pants.

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udder

Where the milk is before milking.

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Margaret Garland family / Cap Garland

Family living behind the Ingallses in De Smet.

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ante-over / anti-over / anteover

Game in which a ball is thrown over a structure.

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“A Motto for Every Man”

1868 Harry Clifton song.

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bull dog / bulldog

All of him rested, except his ears.

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“Uncle Ned”

One of the earliest Stephen Foster songs.

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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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Thomas Huleatt family

Neighbors of Ingalls family in Pepin Co.

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Laura & Almanzo Wilder house in De Smet

Home of Almanzo, Laura, & Rose 1892-1894

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“The Sleighing Glee”

Singing school song.

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sundogs

Bright spots on either side of the sun.

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poke bonnet / poke-bonnet

the lining matched Laura’s eyes

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“When Johnny Comes Marching Home”

1863 Louis Lambert song.

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wonderful house / frame house

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

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M

Ma – “My Sabbath Home”

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John D. Peirson

Early De Smet liveryman.

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biscuits

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

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Malone Hotels

Where the horse-buyer spent the night.

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Peter Pfeiffer family

John May’s son-in-law.

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batten / lath

Thin, narrow board for fastening or joining.

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dictionary

The words of a language.

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“Jerusalem the Golden”

Hymn from Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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roller skates / rink

Wheeled frame for the shoe.

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August Hanson

The Ingallses’ next door neighbor in De Smet.

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muff

A warm covering for receiving the hands.

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winnow

Drive off chaff by wind.

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thunder-pumps

American bittern, a member of the heron family.

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badger

Don’t poke it with a stick!

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“Home of the Soul”

1865 E.M.H. Gates hymn.

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Dolly Varden

NIckname of Edith Ingalls, Laura’s cousin.

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literary society

Instructional and entertaining gathering.

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John Anderson

Walnut Grove store clerk & more

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post office / post-office

Where you send and receive mail.

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“America”

1832 Reverend Samuel F. Smith song.

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