 Pa's original headstone, |
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 Grace and her husband |
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 Surveyor's house, the house the Ingalls lived in for the winter in the book On the Shores of Silver Lake |
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 prairie flowers |
 can't take pictures inside the houses |
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 replica of the school Laura taught in |
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 tour guide in replica school |
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 school Laura, Carrie and Grace attended |
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 inside the school |
 Mitch going to school |
 class in session, led by Naomi :) |
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 House that Pa built |
 last house for the Ingalls, Laura didn't live her, but everyone else did |
 Shelves Pa built in the hosue |
 this is side by side in the Kitchen |
 bedroom, forgot, not allowed pictures, but don't tell me and the other lady snapping pictures :) |
 really nice doll |
 allowed upstairs since there is an outside entrance |
 after Pa died, Ma rented out the rooms upstairs |
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 rooms upstairs, one has Graces stuff in it |
 once has Carrie's stuff |
 view of back yard from upstairs porch |
 a suit of Laura's |
 Laura's nightgown and other stuff of her's |
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 replica school, discovery area for kids |
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 site where Pa built the family house on the Prairie in De Smet |
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 Cotton Woods that Pa planted |
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 cotton wood |
 this is an interactive homesite, build on the Ingalls property |
 tower to view the Ingalls Prairie |
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 view from tower |
 you can camp in these wagons |
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 I need horses!!! |
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 barn with animals to pet |
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 wagon ride, the kids get to drive |
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 My pocket pony. He followed me around, I wanted to take this baby home, but he was still nursing |
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 cute kids dressed up like Laura and boys of that time period |
 original school, that was down the road from the Ingalls house, though Laura didn't teach at it |
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 school is in session |
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 Donny awaiting his turn to drive |
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 pump the water |
 replica of the house that Pa built on this prairie |
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 Donny learning to do laundry |
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 now he can do his own clothes |
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 prairie garden |
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 there is my pocket pony |
 pocket pony's mom |
 this little one is only 5 days old |
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 petting the cute little baby |
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 plows |
 there is my baby again |
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 nursing |
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 Main St De Smet |
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 playing checkers in the Loftus Store |
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 sitting in a rocking chair, taking in the sites of Main St De Smet |
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 cute looking gas station |
 Corn Palace, Mitchell SD |
 they had their annual festival this week, so pictures were hard to get |
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 that is allot of corn art |
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 amazingly cool building |
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 corn!!! |
 Donny and his friend Zeke |
 Mitchell in Mitchell |
 Corn in front of Corn Palace |
 this would have been great, if it was still in business |
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 this is my dream car, in Pink |
 one last picture of the Corn Palace |
 really big Butt |
 restaurant in Mitchell SD |
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 Donny and another friend |
 down the street from the other cow, in front of the Corn Palace motel. Doesn't look nice, don't stay there |
 But shot |
 Rabbit on the side of the road |
 found this driving down the interstate |
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 when you crest the hill on the interstate, you can see the horn rise up out of the corn!! |
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 me with a giant hammer |
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 Mitch with the bull |
 inside the bull |
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 Donny loved this dragon |
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 fishy |
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 buffalo at a gas station/road side attraction |
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 put quarters in the machine and these things move |
 This is singing Sam, he sang and played the piano |
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 buffalo on a mound of mud and hey |
 sunset in SD |
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