![]() ![]() Wilder would write about an Osage leader who eventually persuaded the Osages to agree to cede the lands. The Ingalls family decided to leave their cabin in spring 1871 and return to Wisconsin. ![]() ![]() In an effort to keep the peace, the government sent soldiers in February 1870, although settlers were not required to move. Tensions between the Osages and settlers were strained at that time. The Ingalls' cabin was on the 4.8 million acre-tract called Osage Diminished Reserve, which was not open to white settlement. Laura would write about the cold weather the family experienced that winter. The opportunity lured the Ingalls family in fall 1869 to Montgomery County, Kansas. The Homestead Act of 1862 had made available 160 acres to an eligible person in return for five years' residency and $18 dollars in filing fees. The family moved briefly in Chariton County, Missouri, in 1868. These stories became the popular "Little House" series of children's books.Īt first the Ingalls family lived in a log cabin in the "big woods" of Wisconsin. Died: February 10, 1957, Mansfield, Missouri.īorn February 7, 1867, near Pepin, Wisconsin, Laura Ingalls Wilder was inspired to write stories about her family's life on the frontier, which included living in a cabin in southeast Kansas. Married: Almanzo Wilder August 25, 1885, De Smet, Dakota Territory. Born: February 7, 1867, Pepin, Wisconsin. ![]()
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