Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie (1935) is a children's book by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It went on to become a series of books, multiple TV series, multiple TV movies, a cartoon, and is the name of a historic site in Kansas.

Historic site

The state of Kansas has designated the childhood home of the Ingalls as a historic site, which is open to visitors. It is the location from which the events of the book Little House on the Prarie take place. It includes a cabin modeled after the original, and the original post office. Much of the surrounding countryside retains its open and undeveloped nature.

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DeSmet South Dakota also maintains a historic site of the locations from the books By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, and The First Four Years. From 1879 to 1894 the Ingalls family lived in DeSmet and the family homestead, a house in town built by Charles Ingalls, the Brewster School Laura taught at, and the surveyor's home the family lived in between 1879 and 1880 are all still standing and open to visitors. Additionally, the bodies of Charles, Caroline, Mary, and Grace Ingalls are all laid to rest in the DeSmet cemetary.

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DeSmet - South Dakota - 1879 - 1894 - 1880

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