Read more rags for paper rag. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered fragment; a shred; a... Read more
Read more Alice Maria Wilder Older sister and playmate of Almanzo Wilder. She lived 1853-1892. Read more
Read more Marvin Hughitt Officer and President of the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway Company. Read more
Read more Stories of the Moorland 1869 book by Lizzie Bates about a young boy growing up in Scotland. Read more
Read more Little House in the Big Woods – historical perspective Pepin Twp., Pepin Co. Wisconsin Read more
Read more Docia Ingalls / Hiram Forbes Sister of Charles Ingalls married to railroad contractor. Read more
Read more Home Missionary Society Group organized to raise money to start churches and Sunday schools in the west where there were none. Read more
Read more butter tester Instrument used to remove core sample from a vat of butter, for the sake of testing. Read more
Read more South Troy / Zumbro Falls during the Little House years Ingallses lived here with Uncle Peter. Read more
Read more cannon Military engine used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by the force of gunpowder. Read more
Read more ash withe / ash-withe A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band for tying. Read more
Read more bison / “The Bison Track” Bayard Taylor poem about Bos Americanus, found in Independent Fifth Reader. Read more
Read more “Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess” Nursery rhyme wordplay on the name Elizabeth. Read more
Read more Reverend Edwin H. Alden Walnut Grove Congregational minister and missionary in Dakota. Read more