Walnut Grove, Minn.- Residents of Walnut Grove are marveling at Doc Baker’s relatively trim body in light of how much pie the medical professional receives in payment for services. “He must have a great metabolism,” Nels Oleson commented. “He’s always getting paid with food. Granted he gets some chickens and apples, but he gets so…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-In the latest occurrence of Charles Ingalls’s injuries, it is suspected by some that the man injures himself on purpose just so he has an excuse to go shirtless. “I remember the first time Charles injured his ribs,” Doc Baker tells us. “He had just moved to town and fell out of a…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-In recent exciting news for the sleepy town of Walnut Grove, a representative from The Pathfinder is going to come speak with John Sanderson, Jr. about his poetry. Upon learning of this exciting news, John’s new fiancée, Mary Ingalls, excitedly shared the news about The Pathfinder (but not her childhood engagement) with her…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-The New Year: a time to start fresh, set some goals, and reevaluate your life and ambitions. This time on the calendar marks a time when the old is gone and the new has arrived. It seems that anything is possible in the New Year, and one man in Walnut Grove couldn’t be…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-It appears that despite best efforts, the entire Ingalls family fell asleep before midnight and missed the chance to greet the New Year as it happened. After a hearty home cooked meal and a gallon of coffee, the family spread around the table and fireplace to pursue their own activities to pass the…
Walnut Grove, Minn.- The men of Walnut Grove are excited to report that they have enough eye brow hair to make a donation to Locks of Love. Nels Oleson tells us that the idea started when Reverend Alden encouraged the townsfolk to consider ways in which they could serve others. Reverend Alden scheduled a town…
Karen Grassle, known to Little House on the Prairie viewers as the beloved Caroline “Ma” Ingalls, has made her own contribution to the ever-growing collection of cast memoirs. Her new book, Bright Lights, Prairie Dust, is a tell-all memoir that reveals information that some fans of the series may find unsettling. The Prairie Review sat…
Walnut Grove, Minn.- Yet another holiday has passed where Adam Kendall remained largely silent around the Ingalls’ dinner table. Adam Kendall and his wife Mary, first born daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, recently moved to New York City, where Adam maintains his law practice. This Christmas, they made the long trek from New York…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-In a surprising paradox, local jack-of-all trades Charles Ingalls once built a house from trees on a treeless prairie and yet cannot find a decent tree for his family at Christmas. “When I saw the magical things Charles did in Kansas, well, I was very excited to see what Christmas had in store,”…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-In a recent follow-up to the town celebration that occurred upon Mary Ingalls’s return to Walnut Grove from the mathematics competition in Minneapolis, Lars Hanson clarified that he was not merely speaking figuratively when he thanked Mary Ingalls for putting Walnut Grove on the map. “It was not a figure of speech, as…
