| 1860 |
Feb. 1 |
Charles Ingalls and Caroline Quiner (Pa and Ma) married
at Concord, Wisconsin |
| 1865 |
Jan. 10 |
Mary Amelia Ingalls born, Pepin, Wisconsin |
| 1867 |
Feb. 7 |
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls born, Pepin, Wisconsin. |
| 1869 |
 |
Ma and Pa Ingalls and girls move to
Indian Territory, Kansas. |
| 1870 |
Aug. 3 |
Caroline Celestia Ingalls (Carrie) born, Montgomery County,
Kansas. |
| 1871 |
May |
Ingalls family forced by troops from
Kansas. Family returns to Pepin, Wisconsin. |
| 1874 |
Spring |
Ingallses move to the banks of Plum Creek, Walnut Grove,
Minnesota. |
| 1875 |
Nov. 1 |
Charles Frederick Ingalls (Freddie)
born, Walnut Grove, Minnesota. |
| 1876 |
Aug 27 |
Freddie dies, age 9 months. Burial in Wabasha County,
Minnesota. |
|
Fall |
Ingalls family moves to Burr Oak, Iowa,
to run Masters Hotel. |
| 1877 |
May 23 |
Grace Pearl Ingalls born, Burr Oak, Iowa. |
| 1878 |
|
Ingalls move to Walnut Grove again. |
| 1879 |
Feb. |
Mary becomes blind after fever. |
|
Sept. 9 |
Ingalls family moves to railroad shanty
in De Smet in the Dakota Territory. |
|
Dec. 1 |
The Ingalls move into the Surveyor's House. |
| 1881 |
Nov. 23 |
Mary enrolled at College for the Blind,
Vinton, Iowa. |
| 1882 |
Dec. 10 |
Laura receives her first teachers certificate; begins
teaching school Dec. 20. |
| 1885 |
Aug. 25 |
Laura E. Ingalls marries Almanzo J.
Wilder in De Smet. |
| 1886 |
Dec. 5 |
Rose Wilder born in De Smet. |
| 1888 |
Spring |
Almanzo and Laura have diphtheria. |
|
Aug. 12 |
Laura and Almanzo's baby boy dies, 12 days old; burial
at De Smet Cemetery. |
| 1889 |
Aug. 23 |
House on Almanzo's tree claim burns,
rebuilt. |
| 1894 |
July 17 |
Wilders leave De Smet for Mansfield, Missouri.
Purchase Rocky Ridge Farm. |
| 1902 |
June 8 |
Charles Ingalls (Pa) dies, De Smet,
South Dakota. |
| 1920s |
|
Rose writes Let the Hurricane Roar
while she lives at Rocky Ridge Farm. |
| 1924 |
April 20 |
Caroline Ingalls (Ma) dies, De Smet,
South Dakota. |
| 1928 |
Oct. 20 |
Mary dies at Carrie's home, Keystone, South Dakota. Burial
in De Smet, S.D. |
| 1932 |
|
Little House in the Big Woods
published. (Age 65 years) |
| 1933 |
|
Farmer Boy (about Almanzo's boyhood) published. |
| 1935 |
|
Little House on the Prairie (about
life in Kansas) published. |
| 1937 |
|
On the Banks of Plum Creek (about Walnut Grove,
Minnesota) published. |
| 1939 |
|
By the Shores of Silver Lake
(about De Smet, South Dakota) published. |
| 1940 |
|
The Long Winter (about De Smet) published. |
| 1941 |
Nov. 10 |
Grace (Mrs. Nate Dow) dies. Burial in
De Smet, South Dakota. |
| 1943 |
|
Little Town on the Prairie (about De Smet) published. |
|
|
These Happy Golden Years published. |
| 1946 |
June 2 |
Carrie (Mrs. D. N. Swanzey) dies, Rapid City, S.D. Burial
in De Smet, S.D. |
| 1949 |
Oct. 23 |
Almanzo Wilder dies, Mansfield, Missouri. |
| 1953 |
Oct. 14 |
Garth Williams illustrates new editions of the Little
House books. |
| 1957 |
Feb. 10 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder dies (age 90),
Mansfield, Missouri. |
| 1968 |
Oct. 30 |
Rose Wilder Lane dies (age 81); burial at Mansfield, Missouri. |
| 1971 |
|
Laura's unfinished story, The First
Four Years, published. |
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