Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Grange, 82
Grasshoppers, 26, 33, 35, 39, 40
Grassle, Karen, 1
Great Dakota Boom, 44, 45, 46, 47, 61, 222
Great Depression, 180, 196, 198–99, 209
Great Salt Lake, 124
Great Sioux Uprising (1862), 19, 31
Greenwich Village, 4, 140
Grey, Zane, 258
Grosvenor Hotel (New York), 216
Gulf of Mexico, 24
Gustafson, Gustaf, 22, 26–27, 28
Gutschke, Anna, 248
Hader, Berta, 255
Hader, Elmer, 255
Hard winter, the (1880–1881), 52, 54–57, 62, 195, 203, 222, 234, 236–3
Harper and Brothers, 186, 188, 189, 196, 201, 202, 208, 213, 216, 228, 233, 235, 244
Harper and Row, 257
Harpers Ferry, Va., 62
Hartley, Jim, 258
Hartley, Virginia, 258, 260
Hartville, Battle of, 206
Hartville, Mo.: history, 101; population, 117, 206; singing conventions, 158, 245; visited by LIW, 159, 169, 171, 205, 227; New Deal in, 198; mentioned, 135, 256
Hawthorne, O. Lawrence, 174
Henry Ford Museum, 216
Highways: Highway 5, 169, 173, 246; Highway 60, 168, 169, 246; mentioned, 102
Highway 60 Association, 169, 173
Hill Billy (RWL), 166, 167, 170
Hinz, Henry, 51
History: recited by LIW, 66
Holbrook, Frederick, 17
Hollister, Mo., 249
Hollywood, Calif., 170, 226
Holtz, William, 5, 171
Home Missionary Society, 34
Homestead: of Ingalls family, 50, 58, 66; of Eliza Wilder, 59, 74; of AJW, 69, 73, 193; mentioned, 24, 43, 44, 48, 57, 65, 75
Homestead Act (1862), 24, 65, 221
Homesteading, 225, 228
Hoover, Herbert C., 178, 197
Hoover, Mrs. Dwight W., 134
Hopp, George, 48
Horn Book Magazine, 213, 228, 257
Hughitt, Marvin, 45, 46, 47, 48
Huleatt, Clarence, 27, 28
Huleatt, Eva, 27
Huleatt, Maria, 27
Huleatt, Thomas, 27
Huron, Dakota Territory and S. Dak., 47, 51, 54, 82, 83
Hutchinson, Electa Averill: See Wilder, Electa Averill Hutchinson
Hutchinson County, S. Dak., 93
Hutterites, 93
Illinois, 16, 18, 23, 62
Independence, Kan., 22, 23, 31, 32
Independence Pioneer, 22
Independent Party (1890), 83
Indiana, 16, 17, 23, 27
Indians: pushed west by whites, 14, 47; LIW's views about, 124, 192, 206; as subject for LIW's fiction, 205–6; mentioned, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 165, 220, 247. See also specific tribes
Indian Territory, 193
Ingalls, Alice, 28, 36
Ingalls, Caroline Celestia (Carrie): birth, 26; in Wisconsin, 28; attends school, 40, 53, 59, 66, 68; works at newspaper office, 89, 111; visits LIW and AJW, 111, 154; visited by LIW and AJW, 193, 226, 229, 234; death, 255; mentioned, 35, 55, 211, 224
Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner: birth, 17; marriage, 17; gives birth, 13, 21, 26, 35, 39; relationship with daughters, 30, 50; longs for settled conditions, 30, 52; attitude toward Indians, 25, 31, 47; and religion, 29, 33–34, 62; reads to daughters, 29, 35, 36, 56; interest in education, 29, 63; runs hotel, 37; member of Good Templars, 42; serves meals to homesteaders, 50; works in fields, 52, 66, 270n21; teaches LIW self-control, 58; assists with birth of RWL, 79; takes care of RWL, 81, 89; death, 164; as fictional subject, 190, 195, 211, 219, 224; mentioned, 15, 39, 40, 44, 49, 61, 69, 122, 193, 219, 255, 259
Ingalls, Charles Frederick, 35, 36, 209
Ingalls, Charles Philip: birth, 16; marriage, 17; in Wisconsin, 15, 20–22, 27–31; purchases land in Missouri, 22; in Kansas, 22–27; as carpenter, 23, 35, 38, 41, 52, 58, 66, 81, 89; as hunter and trapper, 21, 50; as farmer, 21, 28, 33, 35, 52, 58, 66; as father, 29–30; as story-teller, 29, 30, 240; plays fiddle, 29, 30, 34, 40, 50, 155, 157, 255, 257; restlessness, 21, 30, 44, 52, 61; and Indians, 25, 31, 47; in Minnesota, 30–36, 40–42; in Iowa, 36–39; in Dakota Territory, 43–81 passim; poverty of, 35, 41, 71; civic duties of, 29, 42, 81; runs hotel, 37–38; and church activities, 29, 33–34, 41, 62; member of Good Templars, 42; as justice of the peace, 42, 81; works as railroad timekeeper, 44, 49; and homestead, 50, 52, 58, 268n55; land purchases of, 20, 22, 32, 51; and store buildings, 51, 76; house on Third Street, 81, 88; lives in De Smet, 81, 88; death, 111; as fictional subject, 190, 195, 211, 219,, 220, 224, 243; mentioned, 13, 18, 29, 55, 56, 219, 240, 255, 259
Ingalls, Edith, 28, 36
Ingalls, Ella, 28, 36
Ingalls, Edmund, 16
Ingalls, George, 28
Ingalls, Grace Pearl: birth, 39; keeps diary, 79–80, 81, 84, 85; attends school, 89; marriage, 111; requests money, 189–90; describes prairie flowers, 219–20; visited by LIW and AJW, 193, 226, 229, 234; death, 254; mentioned, 59, 211
Ingalls, Hiram, 18, 265n15
Ingalls, Ladocia. See Forbes, Ladocia Ingalls
Ingalls, Lansford, 36
Ingalls, Lansford James, 18, 28, 265n15
Ingalls, Lansford Whiting, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, 30
Ingalls, Laura Louise Colby, 13, 15, 16, 27, 28, 30, 165
Ingalls, Louisa, 18
Ingalls, Mary Amelia: birth, 21; relationship with LIW, 27, 29, 43, 50–51, 57, 131, 225, 258; attends school, 28–29; 33, 34, 35, 38, 40; goes blind, 43, 51, 224, 225; attends school for the blind, 59, 63, 89; mentioned, 37, 55, 56, 67, 111, 193, 211, 254–55
Ingalls, Peter (uncle), 17, 18, 20, 27, 28, 30, 31, 36
Ingalls, Peter (cousin), 28, 36, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87
Ingalls, Polly, 17, 28
Ingalls, Samuel, 16
Inky (dog), 123
“Innocence” (RWL), 87, 88
Iowa, 16, 23, 27, 36–39, 61, 63, 69
Iowa Indians, 31
Ireland, 27, 61, 62
Irwin, Inez Haynes, 139
“Isabel” (automobile), 170, 171
Italians, 125
J. L. Hudson Department Store, 215
Jack (dog), 224
Jacobi, Arthur, 51
James River, 45, 47, 48
Japan, 1, 245
Japanese, 124
Jefferson City, Mo., 169
Jefferson County, Wis., 16, 17, 18
Johnson, A. K., 23
Johnson, Adamantine, 22
Johnson, Arthur, 64
Johnston Vaudeville Company, 119
Jones, Howard Mumford, 222
Jones, Roscoe, 249
Joplin, Mo., 169
Junior Literary Guild, 186, 188
Justamere Club, 128, 157, 159, 203
Kansas: home of Ingalls family, 22–27, 47; LIW travel through, 123, 170; as fictional subject, 193, 203, 206; mentioned, 31, 93–94, 115, 218, 222
Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad, 24
Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis Railroad, 92, 101, 117
Kansas City, Mo., 109, 112, 118, 121, 123
Kansas City, Ozarks, and Southern Railroad, 117, 197
Kansas City Star, 122, 256
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 22
Keller, Abraham, 36
Keller, Margaret, 36
Kennedy, Nettie, 34, 44
Kentucky, 23, 102
Keystone, S. Dak., 193, 226, 229, 254
Kingsbury County, Dakota Territory, 48, 73, 77, 83
Kingsbury County Bank, 77
Kirkus, Virginia, 186, 188
Klondike gold-digging contest, 119
Knight, Carlton, 244
Knight, E.J., 111
Knopf, Alfred A., 183, 184, 185–86, 188, 189
Kreisler, Fritz, 125
LaCrosse, Wis., 19
Ladies Aid, 134, 160, 230, 244
Ladies’ Home Journal, 164, 179, 182, 190
Laird-Norton Lumber Company, 28
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sp; Lake Benton, Minn., 48
Lake Benton Times, 48
Lake City, Minn., 18
Lake Henry, 67, 244
Lake Kampeska, 31, 45, 46
Lake Michigan, 17
Lake Pepin, 18, 20
Lake Preston, 50, 76
Lake Thompson, 67, 244
Lamar, Mo., 94
Lamberton, Minn., 31
Land, 24, 32, 46, 96, 123
Land Office: at Brookings, 50; at Yankton, 50, 73–74, 221; at Watertown, 50, 85
Landon, Alfred M., 198
Landon, Michael, 1
Land Ordinance of 1785, 73
Lane, Gillette: marriage to RWL, 112, 121, 127–28, 191; visited by LIW, 123, 124, 125, 127–28
Lane, Rose Wilder
—Life: name, 78; birth, 79; lives with grandparents, 81; sets house on fire, 84; attends school, 89–90, 97, 100, 108; moves to Missouri, 91–95; and loss of $100 bill, 96; reading habits, 97, 108; health, 106, 189; mental illness, 106, 180, 201–2; lives in Louisiana, 108; becomes telegrapher, 109, 112; works for San Francisco Bulletin, 112, 121; marriage to Gillette Lane, 112, 121, 123, 125, 127–28, 191; divorce, 128; has child or miscarriage, 276n49; borrows money from parents, 121, 127–28; helps and encourages LIW in her writing, 5–6, 122–23, 125–26, 127, 129, 139, 161–62, 163, 181; travels in Europe, 4, 135, 140; lives in Albania, 4, 140, 171, 175; lives at Rocky Ridge, 140, 155–71, 175–207; contributes money to parents, 156, 200, 229, 233; mental depression, 158, 160, 166, 175, 180, 181, 189, 191, 193, 194, 197, 200–201, 205, 227; letter-writing, 160, 162, 165; travels to California, 167, 170; breaks off relationship with Guy Moyston, 175; builds house for parents, 176–78, 200; involved in LIW's clubs, 178–79; financial situation, 179, 189, 190, 193, 194, 196, 200, 208, 209, 221; relies on parents for material for her fiction, 190, 195, 219, 220, 221, 222, 234, 235; plans to write a multivolume historical novel, 203, 222; acts as surrogate mother for Turner brothers, 205, 207; leaves Rocky Ridge, 207, 208, 213; lives in Columbia, Mo., 208–20 passim; moves to New York City, 220; moves to Danbury, 227; end of fiction-writing career, 227; at AJW's funeral, 252; visits Mansfield, 254, 258, 259; conservative political activities, 254; at LIW's death, 259–61; inherits LIW's estate, 261–62. See also Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Collaboration with RWL
—Personality: 4, 5, 80, 84, 89, 99, 105–6, 107, 114, 157–58, 162, 191, 194, 196, 253–54
—Relationship with AJW: 104–5, 107, 155–56, 162, 166–67, 204, 232–33, 252
—Relationship with LIW: 3, 5–6, 88, 104–7, 112, 121, 126, 157–58, 162–63, 166–67, 177, 189, 190, 194–95, 200–202, 204, 205, 223, 229, 232–34, 251, 252–54, 260, 261–62, 280n27
—Views on politics: 98–99, 178, 196, 198, 199–200, 203, 221, 227, 233, 237, 253, 254
—Writing career: 161, 166, 169, 176, 181, 184, 190, 191, 194, 201, 206, 207, 209
—Works: “Innocence,” 87, 88; Old Home Town, 98, 103; Hill Billy, 166, 167, 170; Cindy, 176; Let the Hurricane Roar, 190, 193–94, 195–96, 201, 203, 222, 230, 235; Free Land, 195, 203, 220–22, 227, 272n6; Missouri history book (unpublished), 203, 207–8, 222; Old Home Town, 207, 276n30; “What Is This—The Gestapo?” 254; The Discovery of Freedom, 254
“Laura and Mary” books, 213, 239, 245
“Laura Ingalls Wilder Award,” 259
“Laura Ingalls Wilder Day,” 256, 257
Laura Ingalls Wilder Library, 256
“Laura Ingalls Wilder Room,” 256
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad, 25
Let the Hurricane Roar (RWL), 190, 193-94, 195–96, 201, 203, 222, 230, 235
Liberal, Mo., 94
Liberty, 233
Liberty Loan drive, 133
Library Journal, 240
Lincoln, Neb., 93
Lincolnshire, England, 16
Lions Club, 231, 247
Little Big Horn, Battle of the, 46
Little House in the Big Woods (LIW), 6, 14, 21, 27, 28, 183–87, 188, 189, 190, 202, 217, 282n69
Little House on the Prairie (LIW), 24, 26, 193, 203, 205–7, 208, 266n27
Little House on the Prairie (television series), 1
Little Rock, Ark., 169
Little Town on the Prairie (LIW), 6, 57, 236, 239, 256
Loftus, Daniel, 56, 62, 237
London, 140
London, Jack, 161
Longmans, Green, and Company, 207
Long Winter, The (LIW), 6, 53, 55, 57, 130, 222, 225–26, 227, 228, 234–37, 239, 251
Lorimer, Graeme, 182
Los Angeles, Calif., 170, 243
Louisiana, 100, 123
Lucker, G. N., 23
Ludlow, Louis, 227
Ludlow Amendment, 227–28, 233
Lumber industry, 15, 19
Lutherans, 32
Lyceum, 120
Lynn, Mass., 16
McBride Publishing Company, 207–8
McCall's, 138, 161
McConnell, Elmer, 68, 70
McGowin, Mary, 86
McGuffey, William Holmes, 129
McGuffey's Readers, 97
McKee, James, 74
McKee, Martha, 65
McKee, Mary, 65
Macmillan Publishers, 186
“Mad Dog” (game), 29
Maine, 27, 62
Malone, N.Y., 72
Manchester, Dakota Territory, and S. Dak., 65, 111, 189, 226, 229, 254
Mankato, Minn., 31
Mansfield, Mo.: LIW and AJW move to, 91; LIW's first impression of, 95; appearance of, 95, 100, 103, 118; schools, 97, 108, 205; politics in, 99, 197–98, 275n20; town square, 100, 118–19, 133, 173, 246; lodges, 101; history, 101; population, 101, 117, 173, 231, 232, 246, 247; as basis for RWL's fiction, 103, 122; agriculture, 109–10; as subject for LIW's writing, 117; town boosters, 117, 118–19, 173, 231–32; social activities, 119–20, 255–56; in World War I, 132–35; patriarchal society, 137; automobiles, 169; recreation, 173; economic development of, 171, 174, 245–47, 255–56; during Great Depression, 196–97; attitudes of people toward LIW, 189, 244, 256; in World War II, 238
Mansfield Agricultural and Stock Show, 120–21
Mansfield Grays, 173
Mansfield High School, 108, 205, 256
Mansfield Industrial Development Corporation, 247
Mansfield Mail, 111
Mansfield Mirror, 117, 118, 119, 133, 134, 159, 163, 169, 171, 172, 174, 179, 189, 203, 208, 230, 232, 238, 244, 245, 256, 257
Mansfield, Ohio, 260
Mansfield Post Office, 213
Mansfield Press, 111
Mansfield Public Library, 254
Mansfield Round-Up Club, 256
Marshall, Minn., 31
“Mary and Laura” books. See “Laura and Mary” books
Maryland, 23, 24, 27
Mason, Ed, 23
Mason, Frances, 244
Mason-Dixon Line, 99
Masonic Hall, 134, 234
Masonic Lodge, 19, 77, 101, 164
Massachusetts, 16, 27
Masters, Emeline, 41
Masters, Genevieve, 54, 59, 60, 68, 78
Masters, George, 55–56, 59, 236
Masters, Gussie, 68
Masters, Maggie, 55–56, 236
Masters, Sam, 55, 59
Masters, William, 37, 41, 44
Masters Hotel, 37
Mays, Carl, 256
Medary, Dakota Territory, 48
Mellette, Arthur C., 82
Memphis, Tenn., 174
Mennonites, 93
Meta, Rexh, 140, 190
Methodists, 19, 29, 42, 63, 86, 95, 102, 135, 160, 230, 244, 261
Michigan, 24
Midwest, 15, 17, 28, 61, 82
Millbank, 29
Miller, Bertha, 134
Milwaukee, Wis., 16, 17
Minneapolis, Minn., 215, 259
Minnesota: migration to, 16, 61; home of Ingalls family, 30–36, 40–42; home of Wilder family, 72, 85; as fictional subject, 209, 210; mentioned, 18, 19, 20, 39, 46, 48, 5
1, 60, 62, 69, 73
Minnesota River, 31, 32
Mississippi River: sawmills on, 15; travel on, 19, 21; mentioned, 13, 14, 18, 20, 31, 86, 240
Missouri: land purchased by Charles Ingalls, 22; LIW and AJW move to, 91; in Depression of 1890s, 98; at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 127; highway improvement program, 168; automobiles, 170; in Great Depression, 180, 196–97; politics, 197; subject of RWL history book, 203, 207–8, 222
Missouri Blue Book, 256
Missouri Development Association, 173
Missouri River, 22, 45, 46, 50, 51, 93
Missouri Ruralist: 4–5, 11–12, 47, 96, 115–16, 123, 124, 127, 128–32, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 161, 165, 170, 178, 181, 219, 245, 260, 261
Missouri State Agricultural College, 133
Missouri State Historical Society, 208
Mitchell, Alexander, 45, 46
Mitchell, Margaret, 230
Montana, 46, 226
Monterey, Calif., 170
Montgomery County, Kan., 22
Montgomery, Kan., 23
Moore, Rosa Ann, 5
Morgan, Alfred M., 254
Morgan horses, 67, 199, 229
Mountain Grove, Mo.: history, 101; population, 117; visited by LIW, 160, 171, 204, 205, 218, 258; golf course, 173; New Deal in, 198; mentioned, 92, 102, 169, 172
Mount Diablo, 226
Mount Pleasant Congregation, 102
Mount Rushmore, 226
Mount Vernon, Ind., 112
Movies, 120, 134, 172–73, 204, 205, 207, 248, 277n11
Moyston, Guy: receives letters from RWL, 155, 156, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 195; visits RWL, 158; proposes marriage, 158; breaks off relationship with RWL, 175
Murray, Corinne, 179, 184, 204, 208, 212–13
Murray, Jack, 212–13
National Economic Council, 254
National Farm Loan Association, 4, 128, 136, 140, 163, 164, 167, 178, 199
National Recovery Administration, 198
National Youth Administration, 198
Navajo Indians, 124
Neall, Adelaide, 197
Nebraska, 69, 93, 94, 124
Nelson, Alena, 32
Nelson, Eleck, 32, 33, 35, 210
Nero (dog), 171, 192
Nevada, 170
New Deal, 197, 198–99, 227, 233, 254
New England, 15, 16, 28, 54, 61
New England supper, 60
New Hampshire, 167
New Mexico, 170, 226
New Orleans, La., 68, 69
Newton, Mrs. P. W., 134
New Ulm, Minn., 31
“New Woman,” 12, 114
New York: home of Ingalls family, 16; migration from, 23, 27, 61, 62, 76; home of AJW, 64, 72, 257; mentioned, 42, 45, 73, 197, 216
New York, N.Y.: home of RWL, 139, 140, 215, 220; visited by RWL, 155, 175, 182; mentioned, 6, 156, 158, 180, 181, 197, 207, 213