De Smet South Dakota was the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was a sixty mile drive to De Smet. Everywhere you go is always a long, straight drive. The TV series from 1974 was based upon her book, Little House on the Prairie, among many other books. The family lived in a few surrounding states but De Smet was their main home. We toured the existing buildings in town and heard their story from the tour guide. They had a hard life. The TV series was not filmed here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder
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The Ingalls lived in this house when first arriving at De Smet. The surveyors work for the railroad but had left town. |
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Our tour guide in the Surveyors House. |
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Our guide explaining the first town school building. |
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1886 Prairie Schooner |
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Laura Ingalls at age 15 taught school for a short time in the Webster School (replica of original). |
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Pa Ingalls built this house where family lived until death. |
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Original photo of Ma Ingalls sitting in this corner of the parlor. |
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Many items in the house are not original but this was built by Pa Ingalls. |
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Mary Ingalls, Laura's sister, went blind from meningitis. This was part of the TV series. |
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Bible in brail. |
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Not the Ingall's property but an old abandoned house along the highway. There are others still standing as you drive through the country. |
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Farmers, we assume, bail hay along the highways. A good deal for farmers and SD does not need to mow the grass. The roads in South Dakota are great. |
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