Walnut Grove, MN: Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum pt 3, video 9

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Confirmed! Not related. Thanks Dad! Love you!

[@caitlynmayrandcaitlynmayra5596]

Cat Lover I like histoy to. I live in a old farm houes I have old west phone

[@robertmoore1839]

Sorry 😐 you aren’t related. That would have been nice...

[@mikecook8712]

Oh well, could have added to the family...I am, distant Charles aka pa, is my 3 great grandpa's brother.

[@RussellaMcdowell-pw8ci]

I love the dolls

[@jessicaboisvert3138]

This was so amazing and enjoyable to watch and learn thanks for sharing this and others you have done I enjoyed watching them.

[@dnrhb]

Hello from Japan !! I just love this video and I would love to visit there one day. Thank you very much for posting.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thanks for watching!

[@annmariesullivan8697]

Thank you for posting this. My sister and I were fans of the books and the TV show. We were madly I in love with Michael Landon. My sister couldn't stand to see "Pa" cry. She would always say to me "Here it comes Annie, Pa's gonna cry. And then she would start and before you knew it we were bawling right along with him. She could always tell when it was going to start by the look on his face. Thank you again for this. Brings back great memories

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Same here! I thought Michael Landon was the best dad ever. I still have all the books. Thanks for watching!

[@sabrinahalkawela5814]

May God Bless All Who Looked after All these For our Children of the Future ! WONDERFUL BLESSED SISTER THANKS AGAIN WE SRI-LANKANS ARE SEEING THE TELE DRAMA ONLY NOW ON CABLE NET WORK NEVER MISS IT LOVELY SOO HEART WARMING ! But we are seeing only from Season 6 Wish they Could Show from Season 1 miss them alot dear ! We love this DRAMA hoping to find the books too Blessed Sister !

[@jeanettedegiulio8220]

I love the figurine on the fireplace mantle. I remember it from the Little House series 💗💗Thank you for this video. I love it. 💖💖

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you for watching!!

[@sheilabriede]

Thank you so much for sharing this video with us! The Little house books have always been my favorite books , I must have read them at least 50 times and I always wished to see Laura's house and museum, but I live in Amsterdam , Holland. Thanks to you I did see it all now. I love US history , and I cherish old antique things like you do. Make's you wonder about the people who used them, and I like to treasure and take care of it. I live in a house that was build in 1742 in the centre of Amsterdam. Thank you again, You sound like a woman after my heart!

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

WOW! Your house is OLD! Now that's cool! I have always loved history and growing up in the Boston area, I was able to explore many sites. Laura is still my favorite author. Thanks for watching and the comment! I do have some more videos on this area. You can go to the playlist "Minnesota Trip" to find more.

[@kathynemec4288]

This video was so very enjoyable. I loved Little House on The Prairie TV program. Would watch every Tuesday on NBC in Chicago. Simply loved it! And now I watch the reruns on Cozi TV. I can't get enough of Little House...:-)

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, I too, grew up watching the TV show. I loved this show and was so happy to be able to finally go to Walnut Grove. I even put my feet in Plum Creek. Did you see that video yet? I have a playlist with all the videos from the Minn. trip. Thanks for watching.

[@irishcowgirl21]

This is awesome. Charles and his girls are distant cousins of my family. My husband also bought the complete series on DVD of the TV show. And Mary did go to a blind college in one of the later books

[@melcurll]

I absolutely loved reading all of Laura's books!! When her, Almanzo and Rose made the journey to Mansfield she kept a diary/journal in which was later published after she had passed away. One thing i remember is that she carried a box with her on the journey and it contained a $100 bill. I have always loved the Little House On The Prairie show and when i found out about the books i went to the library and read each book. I absolutely love that time period!!

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you for the neat fact about the $100. I didn't know that. I DO love Laura and her family, their history, and that time in American history. I reread the series (started just before the trip) and fell in love with these characters again. I want to go back there! I am hoping to go to Mansfield this summer. It is about 6 hours drive from me. Thanks for watching and sharing your memories with me!

[@melcurll]

Cat Lover seems like the late 1800s life was difficult but simple! Live on a farm sell crops and eggs to pay for cothing, tools etc...... But if they needed food they could hunt and have a garden. No internet, tv or cell phones. Its sad that this generation takes everything for granted. Back then they were so happy to get a few pieces of candy!! I think my soul belongs in the 1800's :-D

[@ohmeowzer1]

I didn’t know that thank you 🙏

[@massachusettsprepper]

This was definitely a fascinating trip and I am so glad that you took us all along with you. In my house using that washing machine it would really be a chore considering we do around 10 loads of laundry a week LOL. And thank goodness for permanent press and not having to iron. And wouldn't it be very cool you found out you were actually related to Laura Ingalls :-) thanks for sharing my friend.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, this was a great trip! I have so many memories as well as the videos. Thanks for watching!

[@jessicabeckett2440]

My aunt and uncle still have a stove like that they cook with it, it was on my great grandparents' farmstead.

[@d.v.crystal5589]

I live near Roxbury! Thanks so much for posting this!

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I've been to Roxbury. Is that the Blue Line or the Red? Thanks for watching!

[@janelbarmes4215]

Love her books! I have them all ? I have been to the house in Missouri, love it. Hope to travel to all the place one day. Thank you for sharing.

[@robertmoore1839]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I love this place. I love looking at the items in this wonderful museum. Only if each item could talk, what fascinating stories they would tell us about their owners and their experiences with them...

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Robert... If only the items could talk. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. I have wanted to visit Walnut Grove for years and was finally able to. We were limited on time so I feel I missed so much. I wanted to video for all of you, but I couldn't take the time to SEE. Thank you for your thoughts and for watching. I will go back some day and see as Laura did for her sister, Mary.

[@yaradeblanco2214]

Buenisimo increible waoo 😘🌟✨

[@bonniekirkland7600]

Thank you!!! I am loving these videos!!!

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I'm so glad you are enjoying them! Keep watching.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Bonnie O'Shields Hey, there. I am just seeing this comment. Sorry I didn't see it sooner. Thank you for watching. I'm so glad you enjoyed the videos.

[@Arpege92]

With so much technology today, people seem to gravitate to the simpler things in life.....and I can relate to that.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, I love the simple times. Thanks for watching.

[@vibekes2416]

So can I 🙂

[@teribenedetto398]

Mary Ingalls did. go to school. She went to the Iowa School for the Blind. There she learned to read Braille, to play the organ (which she did at church in De Smet). She also learned to do beadwork, some of which is on display at Mansfield, MO.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes she did. Thank you!

[@kevinsmith-rv2cy]

Thank you ever so much for posting these video's,i could never afford to come to your country to see the museum in person

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I'm glad you were able to see it through my eyes, Kevin. I wish we could have stayed there longer. I grew up reading her books and watching the TV show. Thanks for watching!

[@virginiawilliams8648]

My neighbor has an old antique stove like the one in this video...soo beautiful...her parents passed away and now it's just setting in a shed in pristine condition...such a shame...wish I could figure out something to do with it because I would buy it for sure.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I would love to cook on that stove! Thanks for watching.

[@virginiawisdom7170]

Have you been to Mansfield, Missouri yet? Their homestead there is absolutely amazing. And they have what they call Wilder days there as well. Pas fiddle is played during the play that is put on

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

We go canoeing close to there and I told my husband that I want to go this year! I would love to see Laura's final homestead. Rocky Ridge was her home for many years. Thanks for watching.

[@madisonhh160]

Yeah I live in Mansfield we go to the home every year for school

[@ruthchavez5587]

Omg I want a soldier too.. That was thoughtful.. I luve everything in the house

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Ruth, I was so touched by that "soldier jar/poem". I was in awe. What a beautiful thought. And as I am reading a book about Laura Ingalls, I found out that one of her uncles, Thomas, on mothers side, died at the Battle of Shiloh.

[@kathyrussell1902]

That is reminded me of the Oregon trail

[@mariaelenamerlo]

Muy lindo! 💓 no sabía que conservaban tantas cosas. Las admiro con solo verlas. No entiendo a la persona que habla en el video. Soy de Argentina. Se muy poco de inglés. Me gustaría ver el video, subtitulado en español. 😁

[@kimberlydolezal2650]

i been to walnut grove minn... my mom was born in minn.. i was 16 years old when i was their.. it was so much fun

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

It is a beautiful state! I would like to see more of it someday. I'm glad you got to go to Walnut Grove. So many people can't travel. That's why I like to make these type of videos. Thanks for watching!

[@thehappycrowdph695]

Cool! In most museums, you are not allowed to touch anything. You actually even dialed a phone!

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, this was a fun place to visit.

[@cmwillisful]

I think Mary did go to blind school. Laura earned money as a dressmakers assistant and teacher to pay for Marys school. Mary made gifts at the school to give her family...I vaguely remember a doll chair made with beads.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Mary did go to blind school. Pa and Laura bought her a piano one year but Mary chose to go home with a schoolmate that summer. My memory is so bad anymore. Thank you for watching and remembering The Ingalls Family!

[@jadziajax2043]

Yes, she sure did! And brought back presents that she made for her family while at the college, too.

[@tiggerlady6282]

I love Little house on the prairie. I’m wondering why the tv show added Albert? Even though it not in the book or not in real life.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

The TV show added a lot that was not true to life. They needed to keep it exciting, I suppose. Thanks for watching!

[@tiggerlady6282]

Cat Lover oh okay. I wish they just making tv show that real life from the book. But it okay. I still love Little house on the prairie. Thank you for responding me back. 👍🏻

[@MySnaz]

Mary did go to a school for the blind. Nellie Oleson was actually two or three little girls . I never, ever watched the show. The books are sooo much better.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Mary did go to school. I can't believe I didn't remember that for the video. Laura helped get her through by working as a school teacher. Nellie was more than one girl. Laura was a kind soul and never told the names of the girls who were hateful. I loved rereading how she brought Nellie to the spot where the crab was in Plum Creek. :) I reread that book after I went on this trip. Books are always better. I didn't know there were books, or that this was a true family until I watched the TV shows for a year or more.

[@Miracle122485]

Thanks so much for sharing these videos! :-)

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I enjoy making videos like this. Thank you for watching!

[@HeyitsDeirdre]

great museum you should have looked at Sarah carter's brooch

[@ohmeowzer1]

Liked and subscribed thank you ..and I’m a cat lover too

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you!

[@haveapurpose5992]

I had gone there/ I little confused the gramma house was that house there? Also I was confused about the original house on plum creek .. that was the mud house.. and then the one you enter in t beginning that was like their house wasn't that house they built in walnut grove not plum I confuse

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

The Plum Creek home was an underground home. It is no longer there, but was in that general area. The house was like the one that was built in Walnut Grove. Gramma's house was just a home to show us how people lived back then and show items for that era. Thanks for watching.

[@harryklomp3152]

Was very intereseting I've wanted to go to all the Little House sites but my wife and I are disabled plus we don't drive

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I'm glad I was able to show you a little bit of this site. Thank you for watching and comments.

[@Dan-uv5lw]

Crossed connections was where Mrs. Olsen eavesdropped. I watch LHOTP ever day on COZI TV. I am in New Hampshire Just started watching season 7 and they skip seasons 8 and 9. Looking to get the entire 9 seasons on DVD. I have 7 - 9

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thanks for the info, Dan. I love this show! And I love New Hampshire! I used to go to Conway a lot just to get away. I would drive all the way up and back to the Attleboro, MA area. Thanks for watching!

[@sharondavidson2581]

Grandma's house is furnished with things a wealthy person would own.Was grandma wealthy or are the contents of the house just a lot of antiques collected for this museum?

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

"Grandma's house" was a home that "our" grandmother might have lived in. It wasn't Laura's grandmother by any means. It was just a home of antiques collected. Very good question though. I do know that Charles came from a "wealthy" family. But.... These were just items from "the day".

[@kellyjustus]

Mary did go to the blind school for 7 years. She learned to play an organ.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Kelly, she did. After going to Walnut grove I reread that book. She went to a school in Idaho or was it Iowa? She learned many things while she was there and Laura helped keep her there by becoming a school teacher at the age of 15, almost 16. Thank you for your knowledge of the books and sharing with us. And thanks for watching.

[@alexiswaller3065]

Mary did attend a college for the blind

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, she did. I totally forgot that when I was there. Later I was rereading the series and thought, "Duh! I knew she went to college." LOL! Yes, Mary did go to college and Laura and the rest of the family did so much to keep her there. Thank you for correcting me. Thank you for watching the video. I am reading another author's book about Laura's life now. It is a wonderful book so far. When I am done, if I continue to like the book, I might do a review.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Enjoyed this ty

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I'm glad I could share this with you! That's what you tube is all about. Thank you for watching.

[@samanthajenkins760]

I cooked on one of those old stove in PA.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I love the old stoves. I've never used one though.

[@kristincook2296]

Times were definitely different back then

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes they were!

[@fayewitt9881]

I have all the little house books and I love them so as well as the tv show and I also have the complete series.

[@oldyeller6518]

Where are you from? Your accent could be upstate New York or northern Michigan or maybe midwestern, I can’t tell. There are a few words that sound yankee and some that sound like Maine and some midwest

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Born and raised in MA. Moved it IL in my 30s. You can take the girl out of New England but you can't take the New England out of the girl. :)

[@oldyeller6518]

@@CookingwithCatLover0330 wow, I didn’t get any state right, lol!!!

[@NYHellCat77]

Correction. Mary DID IN FACT attend a blind school. Then after graduating was takin care of by her sisters till her death.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, thank you.

[@jadziajax2043]

No, by her ma. She moved back in with ma after finishing college.

[@olmangonzales6868]

BEATIFUL.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you. This is a beautiful place. I was so happy that this museum was still here. Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American Pioneer who wrote so many wonderful books, articles and stories. I am so glad others love her as I do.

[@autumn8034]

My uncle and his wife had one of those stoves I always wanted to put the wood in it but my parents said no. So I watched from a distance.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

That's a cool memory. I've never used one but I would like to. Thanks for watching.

[@caitlynmayrandcaitlynmayra5596]

I like Laura Ingalls

[@jadeveylupek5938]

Little House on the Prairie show they played in Simi Valley, Southern California for about 25 or 30 minutes apart from my home. no kidding. Actually, the fake builds, only trees, etc were for the TV show are gone...nothing on the grounds, wheat grasses, and no more mini lakes, rivers....none... ...the land called Big Sky Ranch movie.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

That's cool!

[@Dani65ful]

Mary did go to the blind school she went to the IA College for the Blind.. so yes she went to school for the blind true she never married nor had any children and yes there was no Albert, Cassandra and her brother I want to say his name was Jacob.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you for watching the videos! I can see that you love Laura as much as I do.

[@Dani65ful]

actually Cassandra brother's name was James not Jacob.. I did some research so I am not perfect either..

[@jadziajax2043]

@@Dani65ful And played by Jason Bateman, brother of Justine Bateman.

[@MK-eu3qe]

Yes the real Mary DID go to Iowa school of the blind in 1881 at the age of 16 for seven yrs. She was only eligible for five but went for seven

[@haveapurpose5992]

I have been so interested in plum creek walnut grove. Been reading the books now. I was excited but I will say I became disappointed to find out that her and her daughter were dishonest. They make the first book out to be a "true autobiography" account . Can someone please tell me what the actual True accounts are, and by historical knowledge as well? Now as I am reading Plum creek I do Not know what is true and what is NOt. I know obviously they were there but I discovered Jack was never even there for example. Now I don't even know if the stories of them hangingthere stokings was true. Was the house built there? Did the creek really over flow tha season? Did they really have t Pete Bright?

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Laura's books were true, but from what I read, there is some dates that are off. They did leave the "Big Woods" but returned. She did make "Nellie" from two girls that she didn't like.... The stories are true but there is some "embellishments". Jack was real but died on the way out. They had another dog that "replaced" him. There are other books that you can read, written by other authors that did the historical research. There was a Plum Creek home and Laura DID torment "Nellie". Which of the 2 girls it was, I don't remember. Good questions.

[@haveapurpose5992]

@@CookingwithCatLover0330 thanks for your response. Oh sorry I was meaning the book Plum creek she describes as I believe "a True auto-biographal account". I do of course absolutely enjoy seeing the sites but I do absolutely think it would have been much better to be completely honest then. I was reading through.. so excited about knowing "exactly" how they came to plum creek.. exactly what happen.. picturing the dog, this and that.. and to find out it was Not a True auto-biographal account.. Yes they were there and some of the events are true but some are not.. I was enjoying the simple things.. the dog, the hanging of the stockings.. and it's a little disappointing to know it was Not as she said a True Auto-biographal account. So now I a have to search to decipher true from fiction. I was told Jack was traded? I mainly want to know.. where did they TRULY build the house... was it at plum creek? Walnut Grove.. Then when I was in Walnut Grove I believe they told me it was built there. ? Y Thank

[@MariaMaria-sr8zg]

@@haveapurpose5992 for one they lived in a lot of places so they had hkzues in a lot places. They moved a lot over the years.

[@skyehamm9270]

I dud some research & Mary did go to Blind School. It was De Smet. They got help to pay for it.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Mary did go to a school for the blind. I can't believe I didn't remember that for the video! They did live in De Smet at that time. Good research. Thank you! And thank you for watching! Did you know that Laura's first teaching job was to help Mary go to school. Laura didn't want to teach but she know it would help the family send Mary to college.

[@skyehamm9270]

@@CookingwithCatLover0330 Yes I did know that. I also in my research discovered that they don't have many descendants left. Did you see anything about that while you were there? P.S. I did an English assignment about Laura many years ago (25 years) and that's when I did a whole section on Mary in my paper.

[@jadziajax2043]

Well, some of the help came from Mr. Edwards during his visit to them. Just before he left the house he put a $20 bill on Mary’s lap at the table. It dropped to the floor as she rose from the table and everyone gasped. They put it in her college money. $20 was a lot of money back then. You probably could have bought out Loftus’ whole store with that kind of money!

[@TheTwilighter26]

Lol I have the tv show complete series on DVD even though it stop airing the year I was born. Also the siblings they adopted after Laura was out of the house didn’t ever live with them

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

linda frank I loved the shows! You're right, there wasn't an Albert nor did Mary teach a blind school or get married. That was all for TV. Thanks for watching.

[@ohmeowzer1]

They didn’t adopt in real life just for the tv show

[@susiestough4440]

you say that Mary didn`t attend a blind school yes she did

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

You are right. I was mistaken when I said that. After all my reading of these books you would have thought I would have remembers.

[@livinglife8333]

Wow I have that phone, that bakers hoosier cupboard etc

[@hayathayat4970]

🤗😍😀💖👌🏡

[@vibekes2416]

I just watched a video telling that Mary went to a college for blind people.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, she did and Laura helped pay for that.

[@beautifuldreamer3991]

I personally believe that washday was way over done in that time period. I don't believe it should have been so labor intensive. I mean they first Boiled the water and the clothes.was that really necessary? We certainly don't boil our clothes today. Did you really need to have snow White linen and underthings? Did you really need to wash everything on a washboard? Use bluing stuff? Do we go through this kind of major trouble today? No. I'm sure it was the standard of the day,don't get me wrong. I recall growing up,back in the 70s,parents didn't have the money to pay the electric bill. It got turned off. Before we could afford to turn it back on,it would be 4 months of no electricity. I swear I lived through this.....yes,we had to wash laundry by hand,my mother even bought a washboard!!! And hang it on a line.....yes,bathtowels and bed linen and wringing it out by rolling. But I don't recall it being so darn labor intensive as it was in Laura's time well up to the 1940s. I think they had a tougher standard is all,when back then,living in a sod house was not the norm and considered,I guess trashy, they would build houses that were I'll equipped for both the winter and tornadoes. Today,we know that sod houses are much more superior. Ah well.....

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I don't know. I figure they were living in that time and knew what they were doing. I have washed my clothes by hand as well and didn't boil them.

[@juliemcintyre664]

those who have researched these facts would know that some of the "facts" were not true. It's called poetic licence

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

You are correct.

[@millisagingerich1248]

Did Mary get married

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

She never married.

[@millisagingerich1248]

@@CookingwithCatLover0330 love your videos

[@frankappleton8282]

Awesome wood cook stove. Also, never cook with coal.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I've never used one but I would like to. Thanks for watching!

[@samanthajenkins760]

Marry was blind. It is true.

[@samanthajenkins760]

She did go to blind school and she did get married. It was on another documentary of the family. Rose died in 1965. I have the book about their life and there was Albert. The movie is true. It was base on the books Lora Engels wrote.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Yes, Mary did go to school for the blind. Thank you for your comment!

[@patriciaodom7785]

Like video

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@joynkindness]

The Olson family was poor in real life. MM arr

[@ursulasmith6402]

Great museum, the tv show was libreal politics. The 1800,s in the 70s. Pathetic

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

I still enjoy reading her books and other historical books in this era. Thanks for watching.

[@michaelreynolds3592]

Ursula Smith ... the show is STILL a great family show, that me and my wife watch everyday. Yeah, it had its liberal moments, but at least those moments make sense, and are "should be's". How many shows do you watch today that bring up scripture, and at least try to follow a Godly path?

[@jadziajax2043]

Yeah, I never much cared for Michael Landon’s syrupy TV show version. He got really silly about some of the plot lines. But I hear that a new series is in the works. Be interesting to see how it turns out and how well the casting is done.

[@jadziajax2043]

I like the books better, too. Every year when winter comes and lots of snow has come in my region I love to read The Long Winter - in one whole sitting while curled up under my warm blankets for hours.