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Chicago Inter-Ocean / Inter-Ocean

Republican political newspaper.

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crocheted rag rug

Crocheted floor covering made of strips of cloth.

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dragon-fly / dragonfly

Mosquito hunter.

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swimming hole

Watch out for ankle grabbers!

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engine / locomotive / iron horse

Vehicle powered by steam and run on tracks.

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How well do you know the Little House books?

a quiz for you!

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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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bastion

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

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isinglass

mica for stove windows

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Adam / adam’s apple

The first man, the progenitor of the human race.

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Quiner graves

Abandoned cemetery off Playhouse Road.

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“The Ninety and Nine”

Elizabeth Clephane poem.

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freeze drying

sublimation!

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twin lakes

Lake Henry & Lake Thompson

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quarter section / quarter-section

One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres.

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Silas Rood

Rude by name & nature?

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cornice

Molded roof or window projection.

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“Dakota Land”

1876 hymn, Beulah Land.

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“Coming Through the Rye”

Robert Burns tune.

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Santa Claus / Santa Clause

Ho. Ho. Ho.

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bureau

A dresser / chest of drawers.

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Reverend Stewart Sheldon

American Home Missionary Society Superintendent 1874-1886.

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fichu

Light pointed cape worn by ladies, usually made of lace.

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Jim River / James River

A tributary of the Missouri River.

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“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Our National Anthem; words by Francis Scott Key.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – the fictional story

The railroad comes to Dakota.

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bracket lamp

Affixed lighting fixture.

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Rocky Ridge Farm

The Wilders’ Missouri farm east of Mansfield

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Frank M. Cooley family

On the Way home travelers.

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forfeits

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

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“Mountain of the Lord”

Hymn #52, Pure Gold for the Sunday School

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sheep sorrel

Tastes like lemon… or springtime?

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harvest moon

Full moon nearest autumnal equinox

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spring tonic

Bitter purifying medicine.

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bandana

Large handkerchief with white pattern on red or blue background.

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lime / whitewash

Oxide of calcium mixed with water and used for whitening.

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clinched nail

Bent at a right angle.

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“My Jenny Jerusha Jane”

1868 A.G. Chase song.

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ante-over / anti-over / anteover

Game in which a ball is thrown over a structure.

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trundle bed

Low bed stored under higher bed.

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poll

No horns.

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Hamlin Garland

…and his first Christmas tree!

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cream of tartar / baking powder

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

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H. W. Cooledge

De Smet photographer.

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Thomas C. Wilkin family

Florence Wilkin’s father.

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elevator

Warehouse for seed and grain.

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Old Military Tract

Franklin Co. NY map reference

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“Tubal Cain”

Charles McKay poem.

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china shepherdess / little china woman

Ingalls family figurine.

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Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes

Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor.

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winnow

Drive off chaff by wind.

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“The Good Old Way”

Hymn 18, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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Thomas Quiner

Ma’s brother and Laura’s uncle

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Ernest & Minnie Green

This is not Mary & Edwin Sanford!

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Pa’s red & white checked mittens

Fair Isle pattern.

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claim jumper / Mr. Hunter / Jack Hunt

One who ousts another from their land.

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Lansford James Ingalls family

Pa’s brother and Laura’s uncle.

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literature

Knowledge and fancy preserved in writing.

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wristlets

Knitted bands worn around the wrists for warmth.

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le cadeau du cheval

mosaic painting featuring Almanzo’s Morgan horses

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osage orange

no good to eat or for anything else

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killdeer

Small aquatic bird.

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Fred Fields / Big Jerry

Railroad boss and his brother-in-law.

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Little House on the Prairie – historical perspective

LHOP history

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mosquito bar / netting

Woven cloth bug barrier.

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Malone Hotels

Where the horse-buyer spent the night.

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The Floweret

1842 book of verse by Anna Maria Wells.

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Little Georgie Dwight

He could not learn his letters!

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handkerchief

Face and hand wiping cloth.

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“Give us this day our daily bread”

The City, a Mc Kee plain glassware pattern.

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Young Pioneers

David and Molly Beaton.

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Charles Philip Ingalls

Father of Laura Ingalls. He lived 1836-1902.

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Alfred Thomas

He was MARRIED, people!!

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Peter Pfeiffer family

John May’s son-in-law.

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“By Lo, Baby Bunting”

Mother Goose rhyme.

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“The High Tide”

Jean Ingelow poem.

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“The New Year’s Come”

1842 “Why chime the bells so merrily?”

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apprentice

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

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claim

The land to which one has a right.

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starry papers

Hand-made shelf edging.

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Charles Trousdale

De Smet drayman and his performing sons.

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shoe pegs

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening.

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legal cap

legal document paper

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elephant

A very large quadruped.

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Lewis Sasse

De Smet druggist

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muskrat

Their houses predict winter weather.

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“Ben Bolt”

1842 Thomas Dunn English song.

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“Uncle Ned”

One of the earliest Stephen Foster songs.

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“America”

1832 Reverend Samuel F. Smith song.

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photographs

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

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The Long Winter – historical perspective

The Hard Winter of 1880-1881.

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Jesse French

Butchered oxen during the Hard Winter.

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cupola

Dome-like vault on a public building.

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J

jabot – Justice of the Peace

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butter

Edible fatty substance made by churning cream.

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Chariton County, Missouri

Location of land purchased in 1868 by Charles Ingalls, Henry Quiner, and Tom Quiner.

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Mother Goose

Fictionalized compiler of ancient nursery rhymes.

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Spookendyke

Rose’s stubborn donkey

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“The Old Time”

Mr. Boast’s favorite song.

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button lamp

Improvised grease lamp.

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“In the Starlight”

1878 Glover & Carpenter song.

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saleratus / soda

Leavening agents used in baking.

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Lost, between sunrise and sunset…

Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872.

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wintergreen

Aromatic, creeping evergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, having bright red berries.

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Eskimo / igloo

Tribes of arctic America and Greenland. / Snow hut.

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Reverend Edwin H. Alden

Walnut Grove Congregational minister and missionary in Dakota.

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“Paul Revere’s Ride”

Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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Eliza Jane Wilder

Almanzo’s sister.

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windlass

Device to move water or dirt from the bottom of a well to ground level.

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Yankton, Dakota Territory

1879 land office town.

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Laura & Lansford Ingalls

Grandpa & Grandma Ingalls

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custard / ice-cream

Sweetened milk and eggs, cooked.

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album

Blank booklet for collecting autographs or photos.

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antelope

Antilocapra cervicapra of North America.

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huckleberry

Let’s have some pie!

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pumpkin

The plant and fruit of Curcubita pepo

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mud hen / mudhen

American coot.

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Verdigris River

River that runs through Montgomery County, Kansas.

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bell

The noise-maker, not the milliner.

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sulky / sulky plow

One-seated conveyance.

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“The Mulligan Guard” / “The Skidmore Guard”

Harrigan & Hart minstrel show.

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bake oven / bake-oven

Coals on top and below.

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“The Gum-Tree Canoe”

1847 Steele & Winnemore song.

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“Home, Sweet Home”

1823 Payne & Bishop song.

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birds in their little nests agree

Miss Wilder knew nothing about birds.

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“The Lotos Eaters”

Tennyson poem.

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“Irish Washerwoman”

Traditional Scottish and Irish song/dance song.

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Syndicate Hotel

Laura & Almanzo stayed there!

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The Square in Malone

Where the band played.

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“Jerusalem the Golden”

Hymn from Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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hogshead

100-140 gallon cask.

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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography

Laura’s handwritten manuscript.

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pasteboard / lambrequin

Paperboard used as base for decorative edging.

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“Come In and Shut the Door”

Circa 1862 song by J.P.H.

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wonderful house / frame house

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

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tiger lily

Native spotted flower of tallgrass prairie.

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“The Evergreen Shore”

1861 William Hunter song.

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Edward H. Couse

Early hardware store owner in De Smet.

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squirrel

Rodent mammal of the genus Sciurus.

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ice-house

Stores ice blocks in warm weather.

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

A semi-nomadic finch, Spiza americana.

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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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Oscar Rhuel / Röhl

A romantic figure…

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certificate

Written testimony of fact.

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apron

Garment protector.

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Sam Owen

De Smet boot & shoe maker… and horseman!

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Indian camps

Look! Beads!

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P A T

one seven seven ought

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willow

Tree of the genus Salix.

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H

hack – hypocrite

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wheelwright

One who makes wheels and carriages.

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Minnie Johnson

Laura’s schoolmate in De Smet

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buffalo beans

Prairie ground plum.

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Walter Ogden

Surveyors’ House housemate 1879-80

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fascinator

Pretty, light head covering.

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awl

pokes holes

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A

aboveboard – axle

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Silver Lake

Kingsbury County prairie pothole lake.

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“Auld Lang Syne”

Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

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“Miller Boy”

“Grab!”

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cradle scythe

Blade and handle used to cut oats.

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“The Swan’s Nest”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem.

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spider

Legged cooking vessel.

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Morocco leather

Fine goat leather.

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cat hole / cat-hole

Jack will keep other animals from using it.

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“Uncle John”

Play song to the tune of Yankee Doodle.

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“The Rock of Ages”

Painting at Rev. Brown’s.

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“De Boatmen’s Dance”

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

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buck / buckskin

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

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what-not / whatnot

An étagère for books & ornaments.

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Caroline Ingalls

Mother of Laura Ingalls. She lived 1839-1924.

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“Three Blind Mice”

Popular nursery song, sung in rounds.

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bull dog / bulldog

All of him rested, except his ears.

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Laura Remington

Mrs. Phillip Aubrey Lawrence

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yeast / yeast cakes

Bread-leavening organism.

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bacon

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

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Baby Boy Wilder

Son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder

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Laura’s Sorosis Club speech

“My Work”

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“Buy a Broom”

O Du Leiber Augustin.

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“The Polish Boy”

Poem by Ann S. Stephens

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Supposed Speech of Regulus

From Independent Fifth Reader.

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William H. Reed

Teacher in Burr Oak school, 1876-1877.

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St. Lawrence River

A streak of silver on the horizon.

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“Uncle Sam’s Farm”

1848 Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. song.

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The House that Jack Built

…for two pieces of money.

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Old English letters

Variety of printing type.

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

Circle game.

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popcorn

Heat makes it burst & it’s tasty.

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“The Heavens Declare the Glory”

From The Conqueror, page 144.

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“The Sleighing Glee”

Singing school song.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek – the fictional story

Farming struggles in Minnesota.

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Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard

Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man.

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“There is a Happy Land”

Whoop! How those eggs do smell!

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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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threshing

Beating to separate.

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composition

The act of forming a written piece.

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C

cabbage – cyclone

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calendar

What’s today’s date?

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A Tribute to the Early Day Teachers

Neva Whaley Harding tribute.

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