Laura and Almanzo Wilder left De Smet in the summer of 1894 and traveled to Mansfield, Missouri where they settled and lived the remainder of the lives. It took about 4-5 months to work out the new lease for Big Sky Movie Ranch. Over the course of her childhood, the Ingalls family made their home in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and the Dakota Territory. This cabin is a reproduction of the Ingalls cabin, a travel stop near Independence, Kansas. Jones Street is said to be the prettiest street in Savannah. That's just California mustard. On February 1, 1860, Ingalls married a neighbor, the quiet and proper Caroline Lake Quiner. A couple of years later the family moved to Burr Oak, Iowa, and then in 1879 near De Smet in Dakota Territory. Besides Wisconsin, They also lived in Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota before becoming homesteaders. Where is the real Little House on the Prairie? Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family moved to the De Smet area in 1879 at the beginning of the bookBy the Shores of Silver Lake. She also wrote about how Charles was growing thin and his eyes looked funny. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Report Content | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. Inspired by the Homestead Act of 1862 which offered 160 acres of "free land" to settlers who would farm and live on it for five years, Pa took his family to the prairies. //-->,