Adam Kendall: “You know what I like about this school?” Mary Ingalls: “No, what?” Adam Kendall: “I can kiss you in front of the entire class, and no one would ever know.” Season 5, Episode 4 Linwood Boomer’s Early Life and Career Linwood Boomer was born on October 9, 1955, the third of four sons,…
Little House on the Prairie Community
Little House on the Prairie fans are in full force throughout the world. This section is dedicated entirely to telling your stories. Here you will find featured interviews, fan-submitted artwork, and personal essays. Read the full index of Community posts here.
About Melissa Gilbert
“For me, Little House on the Prairie means “home” in the truest sense of the word.” Melissa Gilbert in My Prairie Cookbook Melissa Gilbert’s Early Years Melissa Ellen Gilbert was born May 8, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, and adopted by dancer and actress, Barbara Crane, and her husband, comedian Paul Gilbert. Her parents later…
About Merlin Olsen
“Perseverance isn’t just the willingness to work hard. It’s that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.” Merlin Olsen Merlin Olsen Early Years Born in Utah, Merlin Olsen was the second oldest of nine children, making for a busy and exciting home growing up. His parents often opened their home…
Teachable Moments With Little House on the Prairie
Race and racism, like politics, can be thought of as the 3rd rail of American life and, because of the emotion surrounding them, discussions can get heated. Since they are not talked about enough, the complicated issues encompassing them, never really get solved. Not talking about race and racism doesn’t make them go away; in…
You Need a Farm! Laura Ingalls Wilder and American Farming
“A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you’re a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise what you wear, and you keep warm with wood out of your own timber. You work hard, but you work as you please, and no man can tell you to go or come….
Caroline Ingalls – What Laura Left Unsaid
“Seven years ago this month, I was terrified, my finger poised over the send button on an email to Little House Heritage Trust.” Author, Sarah Miller I’d done my homework — read hundreds of feet of microfilm containing thousands of pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s handwritten manuscripts, her then-unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl, and correspondence with…
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