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DeSmet |
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DeSmet, Dakota territory was where Laura Ingalls and family settled down. They had a 160 acre homestead here. |
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These mileage markers show distances to significant places in Laura Ingalls' childhood |
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A covered wagon brought the family from Minnesota to the Dakota prairie |
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The family lived in a house similar to this on Plum Creek back in Minnesota |
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This was a barn with a hay roof. |
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The walls of the dugout were the ground, or sod. The whole "house" was about 6 feet by 8 feet. 6 people lived in this tiny house for an entire winter |
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A typical outhouse |
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This was the last house Pa built for Ma...she lived there with Mary until her death |
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This is a wagon used for day-to-day activities |
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