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Laura Remington

Mrs. Phillip Aubrey Lawrence

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“The Gypsy’s Warning”

1864 Henry Coard song.

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Visscher Barnes

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

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Perley Day Wilder

Almanzo’s youngest brother.

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“Old Grimes”

1822 Albert Gorton Greene poem.

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birds’-nest pudding

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

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South Troy / Zumbro Falls during the Little House years

Ingallses lived here with Uncle Peter.

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wild prairie rose

RWL was their namesake, my dear.

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New England Supper

Fund-raising communal pot-luck meal.

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hardtack

Unleavened hard bread made from flour and water.

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Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes

Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor.

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V

vain – vote

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lief

Gladly; willingly; freely.

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pork-pickle

Salt and sugar pork brine.

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Old Settler’s Day

De Smet annual reunion.

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dickcissel / dickie-bird

A semi-nomadic finch, Spiza americana.

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water alcove

Railroad car water for drinking.

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H. W. Cooledge

De Smet photographer.

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Peter Pfeiffer family

John May’s son-in-law.

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Margaret Garland family / Cap Garland

Family living behind the Ingallses in De Smet.

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candle / tallow

Used to furnish light.

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galumphing

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

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primer

Used to teach someone to read.

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“Merry, Merry Christmas”

Hymn Number 150 in Pure Gold for Sunday Schools.

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Declaration of Independence

Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain.

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Brownsville, Texas 1906

Did Eliza Jane sell fruit to these soldiers?

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“Lend a Helping Hand”

Hymn #22, Pure Gold for Sunday School.

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John James Ingalls

Senator from Kansas.

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turntable

Revolving railroad platform.

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Pure Gold for the Sunday School

Hymnal owned by the Ingalls family.

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shoe pegs

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

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Martha Perry / Mrs. White

Laura helped her sew shirts.

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lantern

A light meant to be carried.

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button lamp

Improvised grease lamp.

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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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the children’s blizzard

January 12, 1888, blizzard.

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Missouri Pool

Smoked a pipe & grew pretty flowers.

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“The Good Old Way”

Hymn 18, Pure Gold for the Sunday School.

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John H. Carroll

Early De Smet banker.

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“Jingle Bells”

1857 James Pierpont song.

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President George Washington

First President of the U.S.A.

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chewing gum

Long white sticks of chewiness.

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claim jumper / Mr. Hunter / Jack Hunt

One who ousts another from their land.

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G

gable – “Gypsy’s Warning”

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“To a Girl”

Poem used to describe Beatrice Sorchan.

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Alfred Thomas

He was MARRIED, people!!

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quarter section / quarter-section

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

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George George

1874 Minnesota traveling companion of the Ingallses

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George C. Bradley

Early De Smet druggist.

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The New York Ledger

Weekly story paper, published 1855-1898.

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Rev. Royal Gould Wilder

Almanzo’s uncle.

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gable

Triangular end of a building under the roof.

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Farmer Boy – historical perspective

1860s Burke / Malone NY.

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worm / angleworm

common soil worm

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N

nailer – nutmeg

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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

17th century Irish tune.

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blacking / stove-blacking / boot blacking

Preparation used to make things black.

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Mr. Clancy / Chauncey Clayson

Drygoods store owner, Chauncey Clayson

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

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

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Stories of the Moorland

1869 book by Lizzie Bates about a young boy growing up in Scotland.

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clear, pure green sky

Sunlight separated into colored bands at sunset.

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Eskimo / igloo

Tribes of arctic America and Greenland. / Snow hut.

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bushel / peck

Dry quart measurements.

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Go away AI; you are not welcome here.

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“Rock of Ages”

1760s Augustus Toplady hymn.

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“Life Let Us Cherish”

1796 Swiss song translated to English.

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D

daisy – dye

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Santa Claus / Santa Clause

Ho. Ho. Ho.

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lemon

The citrus fruit

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“Auld Lang Syne”

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

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surveyor

One who measures land and delineates the same on paper.

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claim shanty

Temporary dwelling.

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blueing bag

Whiter whites.

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riot / Tracy railroad strike

Tracy in June, not De Smet in September

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ticket

All aboard!

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breast-pin / brooch / bar pin

Ornament worn on clothing.

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P

Pa – pussy-in-the-corner

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Baby Boy Wilder

Son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder

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Christopher Columbus

A native of Genoa, in Italy.

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Mary Power & Edwin Sanford

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

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apple pie / dried apple pie

Just like Ma used to make.

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hogshead

100-140 gallon cask.

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surveyors’ house

railroad section house occupied by the Ingallses in 1879-1880

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cradle scythe

Blade and handle used to cut oats.

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handkerchief

Face and hand wiping cloth.

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Q

quaker meeting – quinine

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Mr. Anderson / Niels Kopperud

Hard Winter wheat settler

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George Wilmarth family

Owner of early grocery store in De Smet.

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carved wooden bracket

Place for a china shepherdess.

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“Arkansas Traveler”

Traditional American folk song.

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huckleberry

Let’s have some pie!

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Grace Pearl Ingalls

Youngest sister of Laura Ingalls; she lived 1877-1941.

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Malone Hotels

Where the horse-buyer spent the night.

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“nervous as a witch”

restless

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Doxology

Old Hundred.

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“The Rock of Ages”

Painting at Rev. Brown’s.

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Charlotte Holbrook

Laura’s “Aunt Lotty”

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

From Robert Herrick poem.

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Mansfield history

Town in Wright County, Missouri.

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mother-of-pearl

Hard, silvery, brilliant, internal layer of several kinds of shells, particularly oysters.

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“The May Queen”

Poem in three parts by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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scones

“Mamabess is growing fat.”

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The Floweret

1842 book of verse by Anna Maria Wells.

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gloves / mittens / mitts

fingerless hand and wrist cover

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Introspections of an Individualist

Norma Lee Browning article about Rose Wilder Lane.

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herd

A number of large beasts assembled together.

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Dr. Robert Hoyt

Husband of Mattie Masters.

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Chicago Inter-Ocean / Inter-Ocean

Republican political newspaper.

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checkers

Game played on a board of 64 squares.

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stanchion

Support frame.

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saleratus / soda

Leavening agents used in baking.

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“Old Dan Tucker”

Mr. Edwards sings it!

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wall-paper

Wall covering.

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china shepherdess / little china woman

Ingalls family figurine.

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Henry Ford’s Own Story

Industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company.

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wonderful house / frame house

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

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pasteboard / lambrequin

Paperboard used as base for decorative edging.

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windrow

Line of hay raked together.

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Little House on the Prairie – historical perspective

LHOP history

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ice cream social

Laura and Almanzo didn’t enjoy it.

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calendar

What’s today’s date?

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Big Tracy Cut

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

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These Happy Golden Years – historical perspective

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

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Horace / Homer Heath

Railroad-working brothers.

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“The Burial of Sir John Moore”

1817 poem by Charles Wolfe.

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Fred Fields / Big Jerry

Railroad boss and his brother-in-law.

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Minnie Johnson

Laura’s schoolmate in De Smet

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drop the handkerchief / drop-the-handkerchief

Circle game.

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organ

musical instrument

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turnip

Cruciferous plant grown for root and greens.

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galluses / suspenders

Straps worn for holding up pants.

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spider

Legged cooking vessel.

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Manchester, Dakota Territory

Railroad town west of De Smet

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bear grease

Bear fat hair dressing.

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“Oh Boys, Carry Me Along”

Stephen Foster song.

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Hattie Dorchester

Jake Zickrick’s skating partner.

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nutmeg

Myristica moschata, used as a spice.

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How well do you know the Little House books?

a quiz for you!

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Ingalls office / store in De Smet

NW and SE corners of Calumet and Second.

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barber

Shave and a haircut, two bits!

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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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harvest moon

Full moon nearest autumnal equinox

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The House that Jack Built

…for two pieces of money.

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Thomas Quiner

Ma’s brother and Laura’s uncle

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bastion

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

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twisting hay

makes a hot, quick fire

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“Bonny Doon”

1792 Robert Burns song.

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basque

Jacket-like part of a lady’s dress.

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whip

A lash tied to a handle.

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poultice

Applied to sores to help them heal.

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smoke stack / smokestack

locomotive firebox chimney

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“The Big Sunflower”

Pa’s trouble song.

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“Don’t Leave the Farm, Boys”

Song from The Conqueror.

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“The Star of Bethlehem”

When Marshalled on the Nightly Plane

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twine

A strong twisted thread.

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Women’s Christian Temperance Union

W.C.T.U.

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gopher

Four don’t go fur…

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land office

Where sales of public lands are registered.

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The Youth’s Companion

Weekly instructional magazine for children, first published in 1827.

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“Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess”

Nursery rhyme wordplay on the name Elizabeth.

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Perry School

April 28 – June 27, 1884

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post office / post-office

Where you send and receive mail.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake – historical perspective

Dakota Central comes to De Smet.

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Charles H. Tinkham

Early undertaker and owner of the first furniture store in De Smet.

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beef

tough! juicy!

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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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Dr. William H. York

Bender victim

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The Square in Malone

Where the band played.

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August Hanson

The Ingallses’ next door neighbor in De Smet.

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“Three Blind Mice”

Popular nursery song, sung in rounds.

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Lewis Sasse

De Smet druggist

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jumping jack / jumping-jack

Jointed acrobat toy.

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Henry Burvee

One of the first settlers in Kingsbury Co.

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bracket lamp

Affixed lighting fixture.

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“Buffalo Gals”

1844 Virginia Minstrels song.

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“Buy a Broom”

O Du Leiber Augustin.

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Pioneer Press

St. Paul newspaper read by Charles Ingalls in De Smet

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“Paddle Your Own Canoe”

1850s Harry Clifton song.

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“When I Can Read My Title Clear”

1700s Isaac Watts hymn.

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muff

A warm covering for receiving the hands.

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Peter Riley Ingalls family

Uncle Peter & Aunt Eliza.

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hulled corn

Hominy.

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bacon

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

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“The Gum-Tree Canoe”

1847 Steele & Winnemore song.

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trough

Stock-watering vessel.

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dragon-fly / dragonfly

Mosquito hunter.

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pen / pen-wiper

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

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B

bachelor – “by the pale, silver light…”

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Laura’s wedding silver

Wm. Rogers’ “Crown” silverplate.

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Tennyson’s Poems

Christmas present for Laura

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Maude Blair

Walnut Grove friend of Laura’s

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Hotel keeper’s family struck by lightning

E.P. LeSuer of Canby, Minnesota.

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R

rabbit – rye

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“Jesus Holds My Hand”

Hymn #85, Pure Gold for the Sunday Schools

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cornice

Molded roof or window projection.

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dictionary

The words of a language.

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wristlets

Knitted bands worn around the wrists for warmth.

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gingerbread

Chocolate frosting adds to the goodness!

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railroad cut / fill

How you level a railroad grade.

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Protected: James H. Clewett

De Smet teacher, January-March 1883

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