![]() Eventually, Charles would get the family to their claim in Walnut Grove as he found work as the town butcher and Justice of the Peace. They lived with relatives near South Troy during that time while helping run a Burr Oak, Iowa hotel. Charles Ingalls’ pioneering and restless spirit would move them again to a preemption claim in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. This was still Indian Territory at the time, and the family would soon be forced to move back to Wisconsin. Their first adventure west took the family to land not open for homesteading yet near Independence, Kansas. Photo from Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum. ![]() ![]() Carrie, Mary, and Laura Ingalls, circa 1879-81. ![]()
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