Talk:List of Little House on the Prairie locations

Good source : http://prairiemania.netfirms.com/liwsites.html (83.20.41.211 22:24, 11 August 2007 (UTC))

List of some of Little House places. For the details, see : the LHOTP discussion

• Cuba, New York - Pa's place of birth
• Brookfield, Wisconsin - Ma's place of birth
• Pepin, Wisconsin / Lake Pepin / Lund, Wisconsin - "Little House in the Big Woods"
• Keytesville, Missouri / Chariton County, Missouri / Rothville, Missouri - the Ingalls lived there for a while in 1868
• Independence, Kansas / Verdigris River - "Little House on the Prairie"
• Walnut Grove, Minnesota / Plum Creek, Minnesota - "On the banks of Plum Creek"
• South Troy, Minnesota - Peter Ingalls lived there, Freddie died
• Burr Oak, Iowa - Grace was born
• De Smet, South Dakota / Silver Lake (Kingsbury County, South Dakota)- "By the shores of Silver Lake" and more
• Spring Valley, Minnesota - Laura and Almanzo lived there in 1889
• Westville, Florida - Laura and Almanzo lived there
• Mansfield, Missouri - Laura and Almanzo lived and died there
• Los Angeles, California - grave of Royal Wilder's wife (Electa)
• Pomona, California - "Little Town" manuscript is housed
• San Francisco, California - Rose lived there
• Danbury, Connecticut - Rose died here (http://genealogy.about.com/od/famous_family_trees/p/ingalls.htm)
• Campton Township / Elgin, Illinois - Charles lived there as a child
• West Branch, Iowa - the documentary legacy of Rose Wilder Lane and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, encompassed in the holdings of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library (http://www.ecommcode2.com/hoover/research/wilder/)
• Vinton, Iowa - blind school
• Crowley, Louisiana - Rose spent some time there
• Detroit, Michigan - some LH books manuscripts are there
• Lake City, Minnesota - the Ingalls spent there couple of days
• Malone, New York / Burke (town), New York - Almanzo lived there as a child
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rose spent some time there
• Keystone, South Dakota - Carrie and Mary lived there together
• Harlingen, Texas - Rose lived there
• Concord, Wisconsin - Caroline and Charles got married there
• Stockholm, Wisconsin - Laura's cousines lived there

About Silver Lake : I've been wondering about Laura's Silver Lake. There is no lake of this name near De Smet. I've found two lakes near DeSmet and other nine in the county. Here is the result of my researches : http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=181:2:8806190445556666386::NO::: . Does anybody know about which of them Laura wrote in her books ? (83.20.19.46 12:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

• I've found the answer - it's Lake Thompson.
  

Originally called Dry Woods Lake by American Indians, the lake was renamed for Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under President James Buchanan. The lake is mentioned as Twin Lakes in many of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, including By the Shores of Silver Lake and The Long Winter. In the 1930s, the lake was completely dry and used for pasture. In 1980s, the area was a 9,000-acre marsh. Heavy rains and snowmelt in the mid 80s filled the lake to over 20 feet deep and now covers 18,000 acres in Kingsbury County. The lake is so distinct it was designated as a National Natural Landmark. (Source : http://www.sdgfp.info/parks/regions/glaciallakes/lakethompson.htm) (83.20.38.133 17:02, 13 August 2007 (UTC))

• • Or, acctually no - Silver Lake - Referred to in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book "By the Shores of Silver Lake." Today, the lake is actually a marsh located immediately east of De Smet on the north side of Highway 14. The Ingalls' home (museum) can be visited in De Smet (Source : http://www.fws.gov/madisonwetlands/special_places.htm) (83.20.38.133 17:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC))