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That after a divorce or even just being an empty nester, they wonder where that spunky girl is. So we walk between the autograph session and the photo station, and later pass the Modern Prairie booth where she meets some of her fans. Her sons and stepchildren are in their 20s and 30s, and she has nine grandchildren. With friend Nicole Haase, she co-founded Modern Prairie, a lifestyle brand that sells prairie inspired clothes (even bonnets), pie carriers and beautiful quilts and linens. It was also a time when she started accepting that growing older was just part of life, not something to fight.

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The coming of age film, Sam’s Son (1984), was written and directed by Landon and loosely based on his own early life. After 14 years on Bonanza and eight years on Little House on the Prairie, Landon didn’t have to wait very long before Highway to Heaven came his way. Hanging up his Western boots and hat for that of probationary angel Jonathan Smith, whose job was to save people’s lives in order to help him earn his wings, Landon found another hit series. To make ends meet, Landon worked a number of odd jobs at different places, including a gas station and a warehouse. He also took on small acting roles, ultimately deciding that the thespian life was for him.
Television adaptations
Imavision also released a French-language version of the series. Later copies of these original sets were distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment following their acquisition of Imavision, but these should not be confused with the Lionsgate re-releases described below. The DVD sets sold in the United Kingdom were released by Universal Playback (a Universal Studios Home Entertainment label); this version is in PAL color and coded for region 2.
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The replica now sits here in Rancho Santa Susana Park, just a few miles from where the show was filmed between 1974 and 1983. My mom obliged, and I went to kindergarten the next fall in a long blue and white floral dress she sewed with short sleeves, a compromise because the first day of school in Phoenix was 102 degrees. My mom embroidered a silhouette of Laura Ingalls on my denim school bag.
A few years later, Laura was given a second chance to embrace a new sibling with the coming of Charles and Caroline’s fifth child, a daughter named Grace. The Ingalls family then traveled back north and settled on another farm near Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Mary and Laura soon had to attend school and were dubbed “country girls” by Nellie Oleson. The teacher of the school was Eva Beadle, known as “Miss Beadle,” of whom both Laura and Mary grew very fond.
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Wearing jeans and a black ’90s inspired black T-shirt with three images of Charles Ingalls that reads "PA," she says she watched “Little House” every week growing up. She shared the show with her five kids, but confesses only her three daughters enjoyed it. In a tent, a big screen plays episode after episode, running from one season into another, and here we are with “Lord is my Shepherd,” the two-hour 1974 episode Gilbert says is her favorite, where Laura wrestles with envy, faith and forgiveness.
After moving to Walnut Grove, Laura met Nellie Oleson and the two were soon embroiled in a famous rivalry that lasted throughout much of their childhood, although they did make amends when the two were older. The First Four Years, published in 1971, is commonly considered the ninth and last book in the original Little House series. It covers the earliest years of Laura and Almanzo's marriage.[45] The style is less polished than the other books because it was discovered among Laura's papers after her death and published unedited. Little House on the Prairie, published in 1935, is the third book in the Little House series but only the second that features the Ingalls family; it continues directly the story of the inaugural novel, Little House in the Big Woods. It was also published posthumously, in 1962, and includes commentary by her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane.
Just one year after Bonanza was cancelled, Landon went on to star as Charles Ingalls in another successful Western series, Little House on the Prairie. The show was based on a 1935 book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose character in the show was played by 9-year-old Melissa Gilbert. Our mission at the Little House on the Prairie Museum is to educate the public about the history of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and the importance of preserving historical sites like ours.
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The second novel, meanwhile, was about her husband's childhood. The Homestead Act, which Abraham Lincoln signed into law in May 1862, encouraged Midwestern expansion by entitling citizens to 160 acres of free land; all applicants had to do was fork over a small filing fee and promise to live on and develop their new homestead. This initiative came at the expense of Native Americans, whom the government forced to relocate to reservations. Wilder’s father, Charles Ingalls, claimed a homestead for his family in the Dakota Territory (in what is now De Smet, South Dakota), as did her husband. Wilder’s books definitely don’t present an objective portrait of how her family benefited from systemic abuses of marginalized groups—in fact, she often depicts Native and Black Americans in stereotypical, racist ways.
The Ingalls family moved around often, following available work and economic opportunities, settling briefly in Kansas, Minnesota, and eventually Missouri. In each of these locations, Wilder experienced the trials and tribulations of pioneer life firsthand. In addition to being widely read, the story of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ has been adapted for television and the stage. Television adaptations in 1974 and again in 2002 were popular, and there have been multiple theatrical performances of musicals based on the books.
One of her first pets was her dog, Jack, who was her constant companion for many years. She also had a horse, Bunny, who was sold to the Olesons in order to buy Caroline a stove for Christmas. Laura did manage to get Bunny back, but Bunny’s life was ended abruptly when she ran over a barb-wired fence. Ultimately, Pa had to shoot Bunny in order to put her out of pain.
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