It was late August. We were living in upstate New York and traveled west for a family reunion in Oklahoma City. On the way we stopped to visit George’s aunt in Independence, Kansas. She asked us if we would like to take the girls to see the “Little House on the Prairie”.
She gave us directions which took us on roads-less-traveled, and this is what we found…..
The sign says: “This log cabin resembles one described as the Ingall’s home in Little House on the Prairie. A claim was not filed because the land was part of the Osage Diminished Reserve. The Osage signed the treaty selling the land to the government on September 10th, 1870. The family home was listed as the 89th residence of Rutland Township in the 1870 U.S. Census and the family lived here about one year. In her book Laura told of building the cabin, of encounters with Indians, going to Independence for supplies and of Dr. Tannis treating the family members for ‘fever and ague’. Dr. Tannis’ grave is in Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.” Erected 1977
Unfortunately, what Rebecca (age 6) and Morgan (age 2) probably remember best of that day was the fact that the temperature was a blistering 103 degrees, and our car didn’t have air conditioning.
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