6: Little House and the Backstory

This is the backstory of one of the most famous couples in America, who never knew of their fame.  They are legends of our time but not their own.  Get to know this pioneer couple who faced so many hardships, including a moment where they were faced with giving up their second born daughter, Laura.   




Sources:
Pioneergirl.com
Nancy Cleavland
Ancestry.com
Google
John Bass, president, director and historian of the Ingalls-Wilder-Lane Historic Alliance, located in Shreveport, La.

Little House on the Prairie.com Caroline Ingalls
DECEMBER 12, 2015 BY SARAH S. UTHOFF
https://littlehouseontheprairie.com/about-caroline-ingalls-ma/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan_Triangle

Old World Wisconsin FB page article from Feb 1, 2022

Lansing State Journal,
Sarah Leach, Holland Sentenial
July 14, 2022
Four drowned in Lake Michigan waters in a single day. What happened and what can we do?https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/accident/2022/07/14/riptide-currents-led-multiple-drownings-lake-michigan-waterways/10056562002/?fbclid=IwAR2ZHbnZ2tyxYl1d-bxkm1IxtK_T45qoOQ11Mdme1SatEoGsYVw4CGjvR-c

WebMD Sleep Paralysis November 17, 2022
https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-paralysis 

CNN–The Real Reason Mary Ingalls Went Blind
https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/health/mary-ingalls-blind-little-house-on-prairie/index.html

On Our Own-Bobby Brown
June 22, 1989, MCA

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot
August 1976, Reprise

Laura Ingalls Wilder Family Correspondence
https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/tp/id/55378