![]() ![]() ![]() The couple sent their 15-month-old daughter, Rose, away for her safety. According to Prairie Fires, both Laura and Almanzo survived diphtheria in the spring of 1888. The pair attempted to make a go at farming, though Laura and Almanzo faced their own financial problems as a result, followed by serious health challenges. Their other homes included Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where they lived in a dugout for a while a rather rowdy hotel in Burr Oak, Iowa and De Smet, South Dakota, where Charles' "wandering foot" seemed to calm down, and the family finally settled for good. soldiers might come through and kick illegal homesteaders off the land, the family decided to move first. However, Charles and family built their cabin on land that still technically belonged to the Osage tribe. Independence, Kansas, their first stop outside of Wisconsin, held the promise of land guaranteed by the Homestead Act of 1862. Starting in Pepin, Wisconsin, they went as far south as Kansas, constantly doubling back in search of better opportunities, from new jobs to supposedly more arable farmland. According to Minnesota Public Radio, the Ingalls family racked up around 2,000 miles of travel over 20 years, much of it done with horse-drawn wagons and simply walking on foot. ![]()
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