The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Beyond the Prairie

[@colleenshaner8151]

I know this sou ds crazy, but I would have LOVED to live back then. Families so close, communities caring about one another. I'm 37 and grew up reading these books. Right before my fiancee passed away a few months ago he found the whole set, several FIRST EDITIONS, diaries etc and got them all for me:)

[@lamarfett1353]

Colleen Shaner: I say that all the time. I, also grew up with the show & books. Always say that I would love to "Live that way". Not necessarily "in those days"...bc of the depression issues, etc; but would love to have a community of ppl all working together, and caring about one another, etc

[@cartoonlover4479]

Idk bro the medicine back then wasn’t nearly as good as today

[@blujaebird]

Laura wrote an idealized version of her life in her books. Her life was rougher than she wrote about. Her family had several instances where they were barely scraping by and they had to send Laura to work as a teacher. A man who owned one of the schools climbed into bed one night and tried to assault Laura. Of course, she wouldn't write about that

[@KarleeBoohoo]

I grew up watching Little House on The Prairie, I still watch it when i can. I used to romanticize the idea of living back in those days but a couple of years ago our power was out nearly 2 weeks due to a hurricane. I realized there's no way that i could have been a kind, productive person without air conditioning, a toilet that flushes, a shower, dishwasher, and any modern amenity you can think of. It was a rough time. Had it not been for the Georgia heat and humidity it may not have been so bad. I know people lived without a/c before its invention, I just don't know how they managed. I think anyone who lived back then should be considered a hero for having to endure sweltering hot summers and blistering winters.

[@yedakulapallykanakaiah8234]

Love you dear

[@ThomasMitchum-z9z]

Laura Ingalls- Wilder thank you for sharing your incredible Legendary life with all of us.

[@vickilanger1228]

Indeed I feel the same way 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@lillianlyons3395]

Richard Thomas can play the heck out of any roll. He is an amazing actor. Love him.

[@jenniferloos5906]

I honestly thought it was Kurt Russell at first! He does phenomenal in this role!

[@itsme-rt7nz]

@@jenniferloos5906 That's what I thought at first too! I'm glad it turned out to be Richard Thomas. He is the best!

[@cathyizzo7886]

I've only seen him on the Walton's and about one minute into this I was amazed at how well he was playing Pa Ingalls.

[@mistyadams-ok8cr]

his name is dean butler

[@sandrabrown2590]

What happened with Charlie

[@Knobblytyressoggysocks]

I received these books for Christmas as a little girl and read them over and over. So magical to read of a different time, I really was swept into the story heart and soul.

[@rosemariemastro-watanabe2000]

Watching "Little House On The Prairie" everyday since I was a little girl. I'm still watching it everyday on Antenna's Cozi TV, from 4pm to 7pm. This Movie touched my heart, because I am watching it exactly on the 27th Year Anniversary of my Dad's passing. The Ingalls Family Story is all about God, Family, and doing the right thing in Your Life. Helping Other's and being grateful though the good times and sorrowful one's! I would love to Thank Laura Ingalls Wilder for writing down Her Life! It's one of inspiration, being loved and loving back, one of sheer will and strength! One of being not just a "Pioneer Girl but a Girl who grew up becoming a "Pioneer Woman"! It took SO much Faith, Love, Courage, Strength, and Her Respect For Her Family, to become Who She is, was! May God Bless Her and Her Generations That Came Before Her and After Her! She was in My eyes, The First Ever True Real Life Super Heroin Of Her Time and Throughout Today, in 2020, at least for Me..Once a Little Girl, infatuated with Her and Now as an Adult, Completely Respecting and Connecting with Her. With grown up Children Myself! Thank You for Your Legacy and Commitment to Writing and Always staying True to Your Belief's and Who You Are, Laura Ingalls Wilder! ♥️🕯️🙏🕊️☮️💐💐💐 Love & Admiration, Rose 💟🌹💞

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

Well said! Cheers ❤

[@maryallison0509]

Yes they were inspirational stories. But they were extremely fictional. Yes there were true elements to the stories she told. But there was a whole lot of fiction just to make events more exciting. And Charles Ingells wasn't the saint that he was made to be in the books and series. He was a drifter who picked up and moved his family often. He left many merchants with money owed and farm hands with money owed. He drank heavily and called Laura half pint because she was about the same size as a half pint of whiskey his favorite drink when she was born. Caroline was the religious one. And yes once they arrived in Minnesota Caroline insisted that they stay put for at least a few years. Charles and Caroline stayed in Walnut Grove until Mary, Laura and Carrie were done with school. And Mary was at the blind school and Laura was getting her teachers certificate. Then she got a job at 16 as teacher in spring valley Minnesota where she met and married Almonzo. They lived in Spring Valley and raised Rose for about 20 years until her books were published and had took off. They spent years traveling publizing her books. They have 2 museums in Spring Valley. One is the one of their family house they shared and the other is Laura's school house and then there is just the town museum for the town in Laura's church.

[@nancyecage5205]

Me too everyday on Antenna's Cozi lol John boy was not a good pick for laura's father

[@paulinefinn7075]

Beautifully said, and the feelings are shared. Thank you for posting. God Bless you.

[@thomas2much601]

@@maryallison0509 I enjoyed your level headed review.

[@dianalynn6247]

Watching Little House on the Prairie RE-runs was all that held my sanity in place at one point in my life, just imagining the character of ma and pa, the courage and decency they portrayed kept hope in my heart and a bit of peace that was nowhere to be found in my own life at that time.

[@goodvibes4459]

The entire show is on Peacock. Including the movies and specials

[@GeeKneeMarie]

For me it was the Waltons.

[@graceburrell8800]

It was The Waltons for me too. And I know what you mean.

[@rosemariejoy4578]

Find JESUS

[@dianalynn6247]

@@rosemariejoy4578 I did find Jesus! I was 20 yrs old at the time and, yes, I THOUGHT that would be the end of my trials…but it was not. 55yrs later and I still depend upon Him for my sanity 🥰.

[@denisedarnell1641]

Gotta love that JOHN BOY he can act any role ...I still love him and the Waltons another family to watch and learn from

[@Tengobaila3]

My fifth grade teacher treated us at the end of our day by reading to the class all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. What a grand memory and to see Laura's books come alive now is a double treat.

[@marycarter4861]

I got the first set in box and I still have it . I'm 55 yrs . I' been watching. Little House on the prairie all my life

[@ilovemydogsjosyamy1798]

Me to 🙋‍♀️

[@tammyharless8009]

Me too n got the whole set

[@chrisshannon2272]

Me to... Love the books they're very worn but I still have the box set. This movie was of a time when life was basic in love and pain.

[@vivianebeget]

me to

[@sansaviera]

Me too. Im 52 my siblings make fun if me but I don't care, I watch it anyway. Not a big fan of this one though.

[@misstijones2725]

Thanks to Laura and Rose Wilder I learned how to read and write as a child growing up between 1979 (I was 3) and 1988 (I was 12). Laura's work was easy to read as a little child so I could learn my letters. But, as I got older, her and Rose taught me that writing about what you know in a way that Americans can enjoy without hoity toity words that makes the author sound smarter than they are (which I am not lol. I am a mountain girl from the Pacific Northwest through and through!). It also taught me that we all, not just Americans, but wherever one grows up, our history, our lives, our stories will die with us if we don't take the time to write them down: the good, bad, hysterically funny, the ugly, and the times that made us weep like a new born baby. Tombstones don't talk back, as my family has learned with the untimely death of our 24 year old daughter. She didn't have time to write her story. But she left us with Digital Voice Recordings and told it in her own words so that those of us who are alive and lives with her can finish her "book" leaving "room for a little bit more" as Frodo would say to Sam in the end of LOTR. Side note: who would have ever thought I would marry a man who loves the "old mountain man ways", just like old Mr Edwards, and he grew up in Hartville MO, just a few miles from Laura, Almonzo, and Rose's finally homesteads where they lived out their final days in Missouri, and I can visit her home anytime I want! God does give you the desires of your heart, and has jokes don't He?! 😂

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

I am so deeply sorry that you lost your beloved daughter. Such a deep, twisting dagger-like pain changes a parent forever. I am grateful that you shared the importance of writing it all down ❤

[@jeaniemarczniec7755]

Richard Thomas playing Charles Ingalls is befitting that role to Richard. He can and does portray the character really well, Kudos to Richard Thomas. Thank you for putting this on.

[@kcrot2566]

Richard Thomas ❤

[@avejester8780]

Love this version! But nothing beats my childhood memories of the town fire whistle going off on Monday nights at 8 pm and us kids racing our bikes home to watch LHOP!!❤️❤️ My grandmother even made my sister and I matching night gowns and bonnets the same as Laura and Mary had...lol. LHOP is by far one of my best childhood memories😍

[@sissybrooks8588]

Was it Mondays?

[@loki6253]

Oh my gosh how cute the matching gowns and hats. Please tell me you have pictures of that...🙉🙈🙊🌼✌🐾🌸

[@barbaraashe6755]

Loki b

[@Michelle-kg9zz]

Grandmother's are Awesome* I would watch LHOP. with my grandmother to,💖💜💛💚💙

[@ladybugmom10]

That's so sweet. Town whistle? That's awesome!

[@CeltycSparrow]

I love that it IS true that Pa played his fiddle. I have grown up reading the Little House books and watching the show and that has always been comforting. Like as long as Pa played his fiddle, they would be safe and happy.

[@nicolewinston135]

I agree I

[@mariacherrington61920]

I know somewhere in one of the Dakotas they gave a Laura Ingalls Wilder museum n I think they have Pas fiddle on display there

[@gillianbergh7002]

I recognised a tune that Laura mentioned; a hymn called 'There is a Happy Land.'

[@vanadians3819]

Oh Laura Ingalls Wilder! How your life in any form, book, TV series, movie, brings me joy!

[@angelicanickens8034]

I am so very fan of Laura Ingalls, her story, family, series and all about that time❤ My husband, at first when he found out how much I love the series, for my birthday he bought me the whole serie cds. On my next birthday he got me the books. Then in our anniversary I asked him to take me to Minnesota, to Walnut Grove. He did!! (We love travel driving) In our anniversary of 2019, I asked him to take me to Missouri, to Laura's house and museum. My husband did 8t again and drove me all the way there. We are from South of Texas. This 2020, I asked him to take me to South Dakota, where Ma and Pa Ingalls ended their days. I love this beautiful story and life style. How much I would've love to be born in it. But God is God and He knows better. Thank you so much for sharing this movie!!!!

[@heatherstockard3733]

The old commercials are almost as much fun to watch as the movie. Boy do they bring back memories and make me feel my age lol.

[@fofbelize9874]

Lol

[@julievitous8069]

Remember when our biggest global worry was Y2K? That news promo brought back nostalgic memories.

[@jshearouse]

The y2k make me laugh

[@Heartmama1]

I was just thinking the same thing..almost fast forwarded them but decided not to

[@lindacleary9646]

I'm

[@cherylhawkins967]

So sorry to hear about the passing of your fiancé! That was really precious of him to find this series of books for you! Which will hold a special place in your heart for him. This type of a small community gives that feeling that brings it together. This still does happen in small communities and brings them very close together as I grew up in one years ago. But it still does continue to this day. Take care.

[@richardea4223]

Went from riding in the back of her father's cover wagon to flying commercial across country during her last years, what an amazing life Laura Wilder lived. 😎

[@danielsmit11]

And saw man land on the moon.

[@RennieEllen]

@@danielsmit11 - The moon landing happened in 1969. Laura died in 1957.

[@danielsmit11]

@@RennieEllen correct. Thought I remembered reading that she died in 69.

[@paulwiebe6482]

You forgot ingalls

[@dannylebovits8090]

Charles died in 1902 . Laura can back to see him. And that was the last time she saw her mom as well. Caroline died in 1924.

[@deborrastrom8559]

Both sets of my grandparents families, started on the lands of Minneapolis, MINNESOTA living like Laura's family at first. My paternal great grandpa played fiddle & had over 8 - 12 children with the last child causing the death of his first Wife my great grandmother & indeed making friends with the native 1st nation's in those days & on that land was a must. Grandma did tell stories of that & her dad playing fiddle. ( My grandmother was 3rd from the youngest & I look exactly like my Grandmother's mother. ) I remember being told this all my life. Watching this reminds me of my big family full of siblings & cousins/ aunts & Uncles my parents & both Grandparents & some great grandparents still alive & great aunts (Many lived to late 90's or 100) telling stories like this so after all the story telling... this movie ...well it makes me laugh & cry & smile. This makes where I came from more real & stronger within me. Thanks 😊 for this. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 Her whole family were very Funny & laid back. No tragedy changed the mood of moving on & finding joy In a day. Just like Laura's family. Love Richard Thomas as Laura's Father..Bravo! Did not recognize him at first.

[@fishinteddybear3614]

One of the best times we ever had, was when we camped out at Ouachita National Forest, in the mountains for a whole month. My daughter was 9, she's 16 now and still talks about it! She wants to do it again, if my husband didn't have to work so much. But at least it's a memory she will always have. She is always happiest when we're camping, my husband and I too. Just tents, campung supplies. bedding, clothes, and food. Oh how we enjoy it. He will be retiring in a couple years. We've talked about selling this place and buying a simple camper, the kind you drive, and just travel..or Build us a cabin in the boonies, somewhere.

[@gizelletircuit2329]

I love this movie! I grew up with the TV version with Melissa Gilbert and company, and I loved those. This is really wonderfully acted movie. Very Entertaining! You know, I wish love could be as sweet and fulfilling as it used to be. Presently, relationships are built on such superficial foundations and not a true understanding of what love and loving should be. The scene where Almonzo comes back early because he could not stand being apart from her, that scene melted my heart. To only have that kind of love...

[@XOXO-mb2vh]

It's all romanticized. It was actually more brutal back then. Too many siblings, not enough medical.

[@jessiem276]

​@XOXO-mb2vh Things were more brutal, yes, but you just want to believe it wasn't more romantic. You think if your life isn't romantic, then no one's was?

[@Tess1984]

I loved watching the old commercials.... Brings back the better days and memories for me 💞

[@Ace-ke7fq]

Richard Thomas was perfect for this, he's an outstanding actor, his work is always to his best..no matter what he does..

[@theprayinggirl1587]

Nice to see John Boy again

[@jackatomin]

Very good actor!

[@kerrylord2576]

I was wondering what this actors name was ,it was half hour in im thinking i know this face John Boy ,so thank you ,

[@sharonflay5024]

I’ll always remember him as John boy on the #waltons

[@janejayne8152]

He looks handsome with the beard. Goodnight John Boy !!

[@kimmanuel8258]

I love all of them I miss all of them if we could go back in the past when we were young and we could really be young agan and watch little house on the prairie I love all of you God bless all of you in jesus name

[@faegrrrl]

I'm so happy that they put in some of the true "dark" times that weren't in the Little House books. This gives Laura's life more depth, as if that we're needed. This is such a beautiful movie. Thank you.

[@texasgirl6000]

You mean......it made her life story more realistic...especially for the era.

[@shopsshire9282]

She mentions her hard times in the Little House books but kind of only briefly mentioned them. The lone exception I can think of is The Long Winter which told about her family and the town of De Smet , Dakota Territory during the horrible Winter of 1880 to 1881, goes into tremendous amount of detail about the hardships they endured.

[@1oddduck703]

I'm 41 years old and still have the Little house books love it!!

[@marklhieb9457]

I enjoyed the movie almost as much as seeing Rocky Ridge Farm, her home in Missouri. That was some 30 years ago and my mother was with. We sat on her front porch and were both amazed that we were actually looking at the same things Laura saw and where she wrote her books. It's a visit I will cherish until I die

[@ankabubanj5483]

True or not it was nice to watch... Good for mind, heart and soul... Enjoyable because there is no violence like today movies... Greetings from Croatia... Stay safe!!!

[@barbaramacrobie8561]

Wow! What an extraordinary film! I had had no idea this existed. Thank you so much for putting it up. I'm tremendously impressed by its fidelity to what really happens in the last four books in Laura Ingalls Wilder's series. The film skillfully condenses events while staying true overall. It incorporates so much of her language even in small moments. The people who made this clearly had paid close attention to the books and knew Laura's life. Even the way the Pacific Ocean keeps coming up - because she finally did end up traveling, and did see it! I love the way the voiceover narrating is revealed at the end to be Laura as an old woman giving a talk. Not only does this make sense of the narration, but it helps capture the powerful impulse to relive and recapture the past, to find again the beloved people who were gone, that is the emotional bedrock of her stories.

[@styx53ocean]

This film, like Laura's books, is NOT a true account of her life. While I enjoyed the movie, it reminded me too much of the TV series. The series was more "entertainment" than truth and overdramatized for the sake of ratings. Check your local library for a book called "Pioneer Girl." The book is what Laura originally wanted to publish as her autobiography. It is darker and more "adult" than her Little House series, which were written for children.

[@moogdome2562]

Just came across this wonderful film by accident. So glad I did. Richard Thomas John boy, is an incredible actor. What a lovely surprise.Thank you so much for sharing.

[@pamelaperkins2507]

My mother was intrigued with studying the writings & adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was a 3rd through 5th grade teacher many years ago, who had her class study this topic. They planned a trip to the area where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived & had a great adventure!

[@denisedarnell1641]

How wonderful ..I taught preschool so it didn't fit that age bracket...but I would have done same thing. I live near Detroit ,Michigan and not far from that is a place called Greenfield Village that has an old schoolhouse where I went and my children went one day each ,dressed up in prairie clothes and had school one full day in the school with old MCGUFFEY readers ...it was an amazing memory as a student and then as a mom chaperone...❤

[@Godluvs1000]

That has been my favorite movie growing up even now. I love her story of how she grew up made me want to live the same way.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Do you live on a prairie?

[@susanbumblebee6086]

I have the full series in paperback. The long winter is my favourite. I learnt to read with these books because I so much enjoyed them in primary school. I'll pass them onto my granddaughter. I most enjoyed all the books and they'll be forever be cherished. ❤️🇨🇦 This bio gave me reprieve from the coronavirus. March/2020

[@pamp4960]

It is so enjoyable. May we all get thru this virus scare. Love all classics a simpler time with great hope for the future.

[@ReggieTime]

Hi susan bumblebee: l agree! Ive forgotten the virus, . . . .

[@kimberlyburnette5971]

I have the whole Little House On The Prairie set also.

[@bonnylouwho76]

We WORE our set of paper books out! I WISH that I had another set and one for children's family.

[@carolynparsons5066]

I have the full series in paperback also. I love the tv series good stories with a life lesson at the end of each episode.

[@patriciascout4926]

Enjoyed this movie very much. Take care everyone.

[@donnadeering4863]

I loved this. I remember the stories and the show... Fond memories.

[@Wam587]

Never knew this movie existed. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the upload.

[@ValerieGriner]

Beautiful story! Loved this. Thanks for sharing.

[@amymiller4903]

It's amazing that the west was still being settled in the late 1800s. My gparents were born in that era. So much seemed to change all at once in the 20th century.

[@eunicestone6532]

I feel like i was raised like this as a small child until i was about 10 or 11. My life started in a one room cabin with a dirt floor in 1958 in rural West Virginia. At age 4 we moved into the family farmhouse with Granny and two elderly aunts. We lived with them for about 5 years and then moved different places around KY band WV for dad to work. It was a hard time but a good time.

[@kcarpspops9469]

Awesome thanks for sharing I have always loved little house books & tv show

[@victoriakonkle571]

My mom bought the whole set at a yard sale when she was young, and then she gave them to me. I read them so much that I wore them out, and they started to fall apart, so my mom bought me a new set for my birthday. I love these books so much.

[@christineadams1284]

This was Fantastic, I didn't know about this movie. I never missed an episode of "Little House in the Prairie". Thank you so much for uploading and sharing. 💜

[@1927su]

Read the books! You’ll love them! Especially the long winter!

[@crystalhiscock6418]

Laura and almanzo had a very awesome love story and very good married to each other and her pa and her ma too 💜💙💯

[@jannetskaggs1216]

Why was it said that Rose Wilder did not like her mother and blamed her parents for being dirt poor in her books

[@kck9742]

@@jannetskaggs1216 Rose was, by most accounts, a rather troubled and miserable person, albeit very smart. Was also probably gay, which wouldn't have helped.

[@arielcordero]

@@kck9742 what does being gay has anything to do with it? You homophobe.

[@kck9742]

@@arielcordero You're not the brightest bulb, obviously, so I'll explain: being gay in her time wasn't accepted and that would have made her life harder and added to her issues.

[@stitches318]

@@jannetskaggs1216 Laura in real life was hot tempered and probably not the most doting mom, what with being stressed with pioneer life. Her baby boy died as an infant, her husband was crippled from an illness, and their house burned down when Rose was 3. Laura and Almanzo also did not have an 'awesome love story' Laura married him to escape poverty

[@wannabesomethingmore]

Always loved the Little House Series. When my sons were younger, I took them to their homestead in South Dakota. That's were my youngest played piano in the school house for the first time. Didn't even know he could play. He taught himself, "Yankee Doodle Dandy." This brought back memories...!

[@1976mcfarlane]

My son was the same way..he asked for a piano at 12 and we got him a keyboard and he blew me away.. he just knew how to do it. I swear it was from another lifetime. Does your child still play?

[@wannabesomethingmore]

@@1976mcfarlane He can still play but it has been a while since he has. Now he works on programming games and uses his piano skills with it as well. I know he has been paid in the past to create opening music for someone's video channel. I tell him to take time learning to read music so he can go beyond that as well. He say's he's not interested in reading music. He has always played by ear. When he was young I took him to a friend who was a piano teacher and she worked with him. Before practice she and I would be talking and he would be at the piano playing Swan Lake while turning around to look at us and smile. We were amazed he had taught himself again. I was blown away that he could still find the proper keys and not look at them while playing. Very sure he got his skills passed down through my mom's side of the family. Her dad could play violin, accordion, mandolin and guitar. He taught his kids, although my mom hated it and didn't encourage us. My maternal grandmother grew up in a musical lifestyle singing and dancing. Her father hired my mom's dad to play with them because of his talents. My maternal grandparents taught their kids to play and sing. I do genealogy and came across a cousin who remembered my mom's family when she was a kid. The cousin described them as a "musical family." She and her own family would go to my mom's family to listen to them play and sing. My mom's older brother's played music. Uncle Curly had a band. Mom's youngest sister taught herself to play bass and she sang in her band. Here is a link to my Aunt's records she recorded: Her song "Between Each Tear" was also recorded by Connie Smith in 1968. kzbin.info/aero/PLNT2m3oFZEN-hJBOa5CuHvB3w4sbgNFPW

[@cj7girl280]

Laura ingalls was blessed. She had a good husband, a child and a awesome loving family... Far too many people nowadays aren't so blessed.....

[@averagesinnerrepenting8917]

We’re all blessed in other ways

[@3611136111]

We had an interesting genealogy find. We are related to Laura. Our family has a letter in her handwriting to "cousin". We narrowed it down to three brothers so we dont know who it was that wrote to her. We checked examples of her handwriting and it matched.

[@maggiesue4825]

So cool!! No relation, but my husband's family grew up near Malone, NY. Small world.

[@lovinitall6639]

My husband's maternal grandmother was Rebekah Ingalls . Charles brother was her ancestor I am told.

[@janinestokes4883]

@@lovinitall6639 ANY ROYALTIES???

[@lovinitall6639]

@@janinestokes4883 Ha , I wish

[@tenniscourt5831]

We may be related. My gr. Grandmother, Laura Axtell "Lottie" is her cousin. We also have a letter written to her from Laura at a much older age. Did you know all the Ingalls women had diabetes? That's why Carrie was so sickly and why Mary went blind. (Trivia)

[@lookn4crazystuff]

Nice movie. I love the series and watched since I was a baby. True story. Apparently I would become upset every single time Carrie fell down. I'd cry and my brother would laugh. LOL!

[@whale5646]

I would like to say THANK YOU for making this beautiful movie. I loved watching Little House on the Prairie.

[@emo_gamergirl6871]

I love this movie and little house on the prairie

[@raymondsnyder1968]

I didn't know they had this movie either. I've always loved little house too. They were awesome people. That's how every family should be. Families back then did more together. Now a days you have computers, cell phones, and other things that separate families, especially at the dinner table.. I know covid-19 is a joke, but one good thing about it is families are together more thanks to it. Haha! Well I started watching too when they first came out in 74' I was 6. I always wished I had a mom and dad like that cuz, I didn't have either growing up. It was hard but I found comfort in those shows. Thanks to Michael Landon. I've probably watched Little house start to finish over 50 times since. No Joke! I'm watching it now, it comes on 3 times a day. I never get sick of it. It's my favorite series show of all time. My favorite movie is "It's a wonderful life". I watch it every Christmas eve. But back to little house. I went to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum place in Minnesota, walnut Grove. Seen plum creek(smaller than I thought), the big stone Laura talked about and the sod house, I, walked all around seen a lot of things. It's so cool. I even went to a restaurant there that's called "Nellies". Check it out sometime. I still want to go to the one in Missouri someday. Thank for showing this I enjoyed it! I wish another producer would come out with another series of Laura Ingalls other books. Would be nice!! Huh!! Peace to all!!

[@emperorryanii]

Raymond Snyder , yeah I love the series, I’m rereading them right now, once you get used to it , it feels like your consumed into the world of Laura in her time, it’s amazing how they made this movie and gave us a visual sight on how things looked like.

[@lyndafayesmusic]

Maybe there's a master plan, ha, to make mankind go where they've never gone before? HOME

[@phyllisclarke]

Loved the other Laura but it's lovely to watch this ⛄⛄⛄

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

COVID 19 is a joke?

[@magsrl4579]

Wow. your comment could have been me! i feel exactly the same way. my favorite movie is " It's a Wonderful Life" and I have the DVD collection of Little house. haha. is just funny.

[@judisnyder4868]

About loyalty, hard work, trust & love. What a life to write about. I visited most of these sites and we can take with us the wisdom of American life during those times, some of it better than today. 🦋🥰

[@anitalawson7917]

Family was everything back then . simple living not like today

[@beckywalters2]

that goodbye between laura and pa at the end. made me cry.

[@marylouise890]

The first time I watched this movie was 3 years ago. When I found it again I started to not watch it. I thought to myself, once was enough. I was wrong. Thank you for up loading, BTP. It’s a very heart moving story of a Little Girls Life and Her Heart. ❤January 17th, 2024 1:54:25

[@nata3467]

What a wonderful story- great acting~Amazing what settlers went through . I could have never handled the treeless Dakotas

[@modernhomesteadawidowsjour112]

I was mesmerized by Laura's stories as I read them to my 6 yr old son (27 yrs ago) and have embraced a more simple life because of it.

[@nadialagra3850]

damm is so hard to see other actors playing ingalls´family... i love LHOTP so much, still watch the show in quarentine with my family... when i was a child we used to watch Little House and then Bonanza and then went to sleep... beautiful and golden chilhood, now I can understand the message in every episode and, for my fortune, bonanza is on very youtube channels so i can watch the show while i´m doing something else... anyway thanks for upload this movie

[@33sylvia33]

This was very sweet. The actors captured the spirit of Laura's books.

[@heatherbowlan9822]

What a great drama ,and an awesome cast ,thank you for posting for us to enjoy , God Bless .❤️🙏🏽🇨🇦

[@rangeretmars4130]

The most powerful force in the universe is LOVE.

[@christineadams1284]

Yes, Love sure is the most powerful force. 💜💜💜💜

[@cje7293]

Good night Laura, good night Almanzo!!

[@bonnylouwho76]

My sweet friend grew up in DeSmet and her Mom made Laura Ingalls dolls and worked at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum Center

[@Hawaiiansky11]

DeSmet is awesome! I read those books to my daughters, and for several years, we planned vacations around Laura's various homes. We've made it to all of them except Kansas and San Fransisco.

[@carolacalamani6039]

Me gustaría en español

[@RussellaMcdowell-pw8ci]

I’ve been to desist my family lived in Sioux falls

[@traceofcolorado6821]

I am loving watching this... even the old school commercials. Thank you for taking the time to post this.

[@LaurieSoyster]

Love all the books .& the TV shows that were made starring Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle & others. This 🎥 was awesome! Wish the real Laura. Ingalls Wilder could have seen the TV shows that were made based on her books.😊😊❤❤

[@karenrich9092]

Some comments say Richard Thomas was wrong for the part, but at least he had a beard! In the series of novels, Laura always talked about her Pa's beard; it was part of him. Michael Landon didn't except for one episode.

[@74Spirit1]

That was Landon's idea when the show was put together.

[@markmullin4246]

Landon didn't particularly follow the " facts"unfortunately.!

[@leanneneville2431]

It’s pretty much a Hallmark movie, just enjoy it for what it is. Nice escape from the Covid doom and gloom 🙂

[@loki6253]

Yes what I would give to be in the little house listening to paw play that fiddle. 🎻🌼💖

[@MissAshley-jq9gl]

2020 is the ultimate disaster and worst year if 2021 is the same i want no part of it.

[@carlettecannon8716]

Right 🤗🤗🤗

[@loki6253]

@@carlettecannon8716 Yes is there life on Mars yet?

[@lindaralf6994]

for sure !!!!

[@crystalhiscock6418]

The real Laura is very beautiful and her family is very beautiful too and her husband I mean the real almonzo is very handsome

[@amarieoflothlorien]

I love Little House, I grew up with it. But this movie is closer to the books and more realistic, I like it!!!

[@mahimaahmed9315]

Yes indeed

[@LaraCroftEyes1]

Laura didn't have blonde hair, she had brown hair.

[@esayer33]

@@LaraCroftEyes1 Who cares?

[@LaraCroftEyes1]

You care enough to reply to my comment and you probably never read Little House on the Prarie I have, that both Laura and Mary have brown.

[@lindapettigrew1888]

Laura Ingalls Wilder, thank you for your story, God bless you. It made me happy. Linda

[@missfriscowin3606]

Thank you for this great story

[@horselady4375]

This show is so good.thankyou..im watching it with the grandkid.

[@albywhitelady]

I am of Italian heritage but I was born and lived in the States for the first 15 years of my life but I feel drawn to Little House on the Prarie. I just love it and love that period of time. My favorite charachter is Caroline. I love her strength and calm.

[@TheMaire65]

Laura Ingalls was my childhood hero, from the first time I read Little House in the Big Woods. I discovered the books before the tv show came out.

[@preciouspet5913]

Good story, thank you for sharing!! I even watched a few commercials for nostalgia sake lolz

[@joanne4758]

Thank you for posting, so enjoyed it.

[@lauraburrows8382]

Excellent movie. I'd watch it again.

[@liyaberi]

This movie based on Laura Ingalls Wilder is more accurate than the tv series. Also, Mary Ingalls never married like the tv series portrayed. She returned from the school of the blind to live with her parents, then after their deaths, subsequently, lived with her baby sister, Grace and her family. The Ingalls never adopted a son named Albert or the Cooper children. The tv series was just a screen play written for tv with lots of fictional characters. I liked this movie because it's more aligned with actual events.

[@losingmysanity4136]

Probably they changed it a bit because the original/the actual event will be too hard to understand and make it. A little question, is there anything changes in the movie? I didn't really understand their convo because eh, English isn't my main language. I read the books in my language, so yea

[@liyaberi]

@@losingmysanity4136 The movie was more factual than the tv series in my opinion. The tv series was just written for family entertainment and didn't stay true to actual facts. Just my opinion.

[@losingmysanity4136]

@@liyaberi ooh okay

[@floortjefloortje]

@@liyaberi Your opinion is based on facts. The tv series are very, very fake, a huge disappointment. This movie is a truthful one, happy that they made it.

[@jamesphillips4888]

Still loved the series on tv with Michael Landon bug loved this because it was the real story

[@JohnSmith-gn3jk]

I loved her story as it mirrors my grandmothers life. Her people came west to Wisconsin,then later came to Magnolia Minnesota when that was being settled . That is where she lived all her life. Magnolia is not far from Walnut Grove, a few miles to the south. Grandma went to the same teachers college and became the town teacher. She married after WW 1 and they were a farm family and had fourteen children. I always thought her generation had it hard. They fought WW1, were raising a family during the Great Depression , sent their children off to WW2 and lost their grandchildren to Vietnam. When I was young my uncle's chicken house was the original Soddy house that they built when they first arrived.

[@1976mcfarlane]

Very similar to my great grandmother. I agree, very hard period of time. My great grandma was born in Minnesota but farmed in bayfield Wisconsin. 14 kids! Outhouse , wood stove and basically living in the coldest snowiest area of Wisconsin. My dad lives on that very farm land today

[@kimberlyburnette5971]

I've never known about this movie! I love it!

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

A great show considering what's going on today!

[@nancyellefson1337]

I've never seen thus version before. I liked it. Would love to live back then

[@jenmoore1505]

I've been searching for this for years. Thank you!

[@m1patriot327]

Yes, thank you for posting. I never knew this movie ever existed.

[@clarissastanley4719]

Wat a miracle the Bby survived🙏❤️

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Yes!

[@sherryaltman1021]

Laura was out spoken that is refreshing that she stood up for herself

[@lindahusson4206]

Such a great story!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ good to have a lean family movie with Morals.

[@heathermeleyjones4588]

I read her books as a little girl. I really enjoyed this movie.

[@phoenixdelacrosswilson9263]

Wow what can I say I love the movie .

[@graceotoole2467]

So loved this movie .

[@abbybiggs1871]

I’m from Ontario. Brian Woods mentioned at 50:00 is still our weather man! It was so cool to see him all those years ago

[@michellegussow]

The only thing that keeps going through my mind is, "John Boy is playing Charlies Ingalls"

[@tliw2]

Yes! 😂😂😂 I still love it, though.

[@kristabrewer9363]

I thought John Boy was only a few years older than Laura Ingalls

[@easyasdell1]

@@kristabrewer9363 He's at least 12 years older than Melissa Gilbert, but they played it very convincingly. 👍🏽☺️

[@danielsmit11]

And does a damn fine job of it. If he can play hank Jr he can dang sire play Charles ingalls.

[@janaprocella8268]

Richard is 69 years old now but he never seems to age

[@josiem1681]

Wow I never new this movie existed. Love little house been a fan since I was a kid . Thank you 😊 so much for uploading it .

[@michaelsadams524]

I love the Little House On The Prairie books! And now I can say I really love this movie! What a beautiful telling of a beautiful life!

[@delightedduncan9372]

It is a nice movie but I love the commercials I forgot how fun and interesting commercials, use to be.

[@Bear-Ur2ez]

A excellent movie well worth watching. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[@zoneofsweatsakajaguar01]

It's so touching and teaching story thanks for sharing

[@mariamarisi6154]

Thank you for the great movie. Very harsh life. Good story. Good cast. ❤

[@fly89]

Cap Garland was a hero beside Almanzo, but sadly not many people remember him. He died young too. what a brave good looking man.

[@kimrichards5576]

I find it so fascinating to go back and do a research on the Ingles and Wilder families to see what really looked like. I grew up watching LOTP and my favorite life time show.

[@jennygreen3994]

LAURA WROTE THAT she learned to describe things for Mary after she went blind and that developed into writing. And she wanted to give children her stories.

[@stitches318]

She didn't want to 'give children her stories' necessarily. Her and her daughter were in debt and hell bent on making money. Rose Wilder Lane pushed Laura to write 'juveniles' for profit. And Laura was filled with a nostalgic longing for her past and wrote the books as a way to feel connected to it. When Laura's mother died at age 83, Laura hadn't seen the family in 20 years.

[@mountaingirl6479]

If they’re supposedly trying to tell the true story of my Ingalls wilder, why can’t they try to make her look at least somewhat similar. She did not have short blonde hair. She had long, heavy dark hair, as her daughter said, down to her waist or longer, often worn in a long braid . It’s so distracting to the story because the visual images are so off from real pictures of Laura