This is where the real Plum Creek, from the title of the book On the Banks of Plum Creek was. Pioneer Girl looks to be more blunt, honest, and not completely made for the eyes and ears of children novel. (Read This Before Moving On! (Explanation Inside!). The timeline is definitely sketchy, and they didn't appear to celebrate Christmas there. Four of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are set in locations in and around De Smet, South Dakota: By The Shores of Silver Lake; The Long Winter; Little Town on the Prairie; and These Happy Golden Years. Laura with the rest of the Ingalls family in 1894. Letters are one type of source, specifically a letter written by Eliza Jane Wilder, one of Lauras school teachers and sister-in-law, to the land commissioner. Laura (nicknamed "Bess" by Almanzo because he had a sister named Laura) was 18, and Almanzo (called "Manly" by Laura and . While the trains were able to run off and on between October to December, blizzards continue to follow. Williams died on January 14, 1990, at his home in Savannah, Florida from heart failure and pneumonia. Almanzo Wilder and Laura Ingalls married onAugust 25, 1885. such as the fact she married Almanzo and had a child named Rose. Some sources claim that Mary suffered a stroke, which caused her to lose her eyesight. Life was hard during those years, and Caroline expressed a longing for stability. Together, they had five children: Mary Amelia, Laura Elizabeth, Caroline Celestia (Carrie), Charles Frederick (Freddie), who died in infancy, and Grace Pearl. Some say he suffered a stroke while others say he contracted diphtheria. Lauras early life experiences in the homestead near Independence, Kansas, provide the basis for Little House on the Prairie. //-->,