Read more Lost, between sunrise and sunset… Horace Mann quotation from his Writings, published in 1872. Read more
Read more Laura’s Bible references Laura Ingalls Wilder’s hand-written list of Bible verses to be read in times of trouble or stress. Read more
Read more ash withe / ash-withe A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band for tying. Read more
Read more spoon holder / spoon-holder / spoonholder Any vessel used to hold and display spoons. Read more
Read more Little House on the Prairie – the fictional story The Ingallses in Indian Territory. Read more
Read more quarter section / quarter-section One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres. Read more
Read more spelling / speller The order of letters in a word. / A book of exercises on the order of letters. Read more
Read more Mary Amelia Ingalls First child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls, 1865-1928; she lost her sight at age 15. Read more
Read more wonderful house / frame house Wooden house built on Charles Ingalls’ Plum Creek preemption claim. Read more
Read more Declaration of Independence Document renouncing U.S. subjection to Great Britain. 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 Charles H. Tinkham Early undertaker and owner of the first furniture store in De Smet. Read more
Read more Mary & Samuel Ray / Ellen & Amos Leonard Sisters feuding over a lovely homeplace…and a man. 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 mother-of-pearl Hard, silvery, brilliant, internal layer of several kinds of shells, particularly oysters. Read more
Read more Sale of School Lands on the Osage Diminished Reserve LHOP cabin was on Section 36 Read more
Read more Eleck Nelson family Neighbors of the Ingalls family when living on their preemption claim north of Walnut Grove. Read more