Together, a pioneering family faces a crucial test of its courage and its love!
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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Reverend Alden gets sick while collecting donations. Caleb Hodgekiss, an ex-convict, helps the Reverend by giving him a place to stay and volunteering to get the donations from Walnut Grove. Caleb poses as a friend of the Reverend so that he might get donations which he initially planned to keep for himself.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Arthur HeinemannGuest stars Victor French, Queenie Smith, Kevin Hagen, Kyle Richards, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Ruth Foster, Hope Summers
Laura and her horse, Bunny, are picked to win at the horse race in town. Since Mrs. Oleson doesn't want Laura to win, she buys a great thoroughbred for Nellie to ride.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John V. HanrahanGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Walter Brooke, Karl Swenson
Carrie, having tagged along on Laura and Mary's classroom assignment, falls down a mine shaft, providing an alcoholic ex-miner a chance at redemption.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Paul W. CooperGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Karl Swenson, Dabbs Greer, Charlotte Stewart, Bonnie Bartlett
Laura's imagination runs wild on Halloween when she thinks she sees Nels cut off Mrs Oleson's head. Laura tells Nellie and Willie what she saw. Since the Oleson kids know that their mother is really out of town, they decide to scare Laura a little bit more. Everything is straightened up when Mrs. Oleson comes back.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John HawkinsGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Milton Parsons, Ruth Foster, Charlotte Stewart, Cindy Moore
Charles' father, Lansford Ingalls, doesn't want to live after his wife dies. Charles brings his father to Walnut Grove to help him out. When Laura's horse gets hurt, she blames her grandpa.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Victor French, Kyle Richards, Jan Sterling, Mark Lenard, Jim Boles, Matthew Labyorteaux, Hersha Parady
Lansford leaves because he feels really bad. Once Laura realizes that her grandpa wasn't to blame for the accident, she looks for Lansford and convinces him to come back home.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Victor French, Kyle Richards, Jim Boles
Laura is tricked into taking a ""one of a kind"" billy goat home with her. After Fred eats some of the Ingalls' crops, Laura is forced to get rid of the billy goat. Every person that Laura wanted to give the billy goat to resulted in a funny time. Laura finally decides to set him free in the wild. This episode is guaranteed to make you laugh!
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Robert Vincent WrightGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Arthur Space, Don 'Red' Barry, Dabbs Greer, Charlotte Stewart
Rev. Alden's pleas to ""turn the other cheek"" is put to the test when a family of ruffians move to Walnut Grove and cause trouble.
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Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by B.W. SandefurGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Karl Swenson, Geoffrey Lewis, Dabbs Greer, Charlotte Stewart
Pa decides to take Laura hunting with him. When Charles and Laura are getting settled down for the night, Laura trips over her dad's gun and sets it off. Charles is badly wounded. Laura runs to get help, but the only person she can find is a blind person, Sam. Since Sam just recently became blind, he knew his way around somewhat. After getting lost a few times, Sam and Laura finally find Mr. Edwards' home. Mr. Edwards gets a doctor, who saves Mr. Ingalls. Thanks to Laura, Sam learned that just because he was blind didn't mean he had to stay at home and do nothing.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Harold SwantonGuest stars Victor French, John Crawford, Paul Brinegar, Michael Rougas, Burl Ives
The day before Christmas vacation started, Miss Beadle lets the children out early when she notices that a snowstorm is beginning. The children aren't able to make it home before the storm starts. The men of Walnut Grove search for the children while Doc Baker takes care of the frostbitten children that show up at the school.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Paul W. CooperGuest stars Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull, Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Luana Anders, Karl Swenson
Mary and John have fallen deeply in love and want to get married, but John has a problem. He must decide if he will accept a scholarship and go to college or stay with Mary. At first Mary doesn't want him to go until she and John both realize that he must take the scholarship to try to make his dreams of becoming a writer a reality.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Harold SwantonGuest stars Victor French, Kyle Richards, Radames Pera, Bonnie Bartlett, Brian Part, Walker Edmiston, Jack Lilley
Mr. Edwards and Doc Baker help a nearby town with an epidemic case of mountain fever. When Mr. Edwards returns, a quarantine is placed on Walnut Grove. Alicia, Mr. Edward's adopted daughter comes down with the disease. Mr. Edwards tries to help his daughter. Laura, not knowing about the disease, goes to visit Alicia and Mr. Edwards. Laura ends up taking care of the both of them while they recover.
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Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by John HawkinsGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Kyle Richards, Richard Farnsworth, Karl Swenson, Rance Howard
The school children are allowed to put on plays in groups. Laura and Mary work with Ginny Clark, a student who has no father. Ginny wants her mother to date, but her mother, Della, doesn't believe she looks good enough. Ginny sells her long beautiful hair so she can buy her mother a new dress. Della at first accuses Ginny of stealing money until she sees that her daughter has cut her hair.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Dale EunsonGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Roger Bowen, Alison Arngrim, Kyle Richards, Ruth Foster, Kay Peters, Rachel Longaker
Joseph Stokes is the son of a Sioux Indian who moves to Walnut Grove with his widowed mother. They stay with his grandpa, Jeremy. Jeremy doesn't like Joseph because he is embarrassed that his daughter married an Indian. At school, Joseph is being bullied. Jeremy finally accepts Joseph when he sees his grandson face the bullies
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Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by Arthur HeinemannGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Willie Aames, George Murdock, Dabbs Greer, Charlotte Stewart, Bonnie Bartlett
Mary has an accident with a horse in the barn. When Mary starts to get worse, the Ingalls take her to a specialist. There they learn that Mary needs an immediate operation.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by B.W. SandefurGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Kyle Richards, Karl Swenson, Ruth Foster, Dabbs Greer
Caroline stays with Mary who suddenly needs another operation. Charles leave and take on a high risk job to pay for the operation for Mary and Mr. Edwards goes with him. They take a job as a couple of Powder Monkeys making a tunnel for the railroad. But safety is far at the back of Charles' mind as he takes risks, refusing to stop even when a funeral of a Chinese worker takes place. This rush inevitably causes a cave-in where Charles and Harris are buried.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John HawkinsGuest stars Victor French, James Shigeta, James B. Sikking
Solomon Henry, an eleven year old black boy, runs away from his family because he's tired of everybody treating him different. He goes to live with the Ingalls. The Ingalls learn many important things and Laura learns an important lesson : Don't take things for granted. The Ingalls convince Solomon to be proud of his heritage. Solomon goes back to his family in the end.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Scott SwantonGuest stars Katherine MacGregor, Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Todd Bridges, Russ Marin, Don Pedro Colley, Maidie Norman
Laura befriends a new girl, Anna, who stutters and has a hard time making friends. A jealous Nellie starts an elite club and although she invites Laura, she leaves Anna out. While at the Olesons, Laura steals one of Nellie's music boxes.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Robert JanesGuest stars Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull, Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Katy Kurtzman, Fred Stuthman, Lidia Kristen
As a prank to make him look foolish, the older boys of Walnut Grove school nominate the object of their practical jokes, gentle Elmer Dobkins, to run for class president against popular Mary Ingalls and wealthy Nellie Oleson. While Mary and Nellie wage their campaigns with promises of popcorn and gum balls, Mr. Dobkins witnesses his son being teased by the older boys and, when he finds out why Elmer was nominated, angrily orders him to pull out of the election. But, when election day comes and the race seems too close to call, a cruel act and children tired of being bullied decide the outcome.
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Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by B.W. SandefurGuest stars Katherine MacGregor, Richard Bull, Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Michael Landon Jr., Charles Aidman, Mitzi Hoag, Charlotte Stewart
A heavy rain has been falling in Walnut Grove for two months, and it shows no signs of stopping. Farmers like Charles fear that their families will go hungry, and after reading an article in the newspaper, they take a 400-mile journey with their wives and children for a temporary new life in Gold Country. Things start out pretty well when Charles and Isaiah dig up some gold, but Laura and Carl get a completely different perspective from a new friend that they meet near their camp site. Meanwhile, Caroline opens and teaches a school in a tent, right in the middle of town, but it proves to be a less-than-ideal learning environment for everyone.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by John Hawkins, B.W. SandefurGuest stars Richard Bull, Jonathan Gilbert, Victor French, Kyle Richards, Steve Shaw, Brian Libby, Bonnie Bartlett, Brian Part
Michael Landon, Don Balluck, John T. Dugan, Arthur Heinemann, Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella, John Hawkins, B.W. Sandefur, Chris Abbott, Ward Hawkins, Paul W. Cooper, Vince Gutierrez, Gerry Day, Harold Swanton, Lawrence Konner, Tony Kayden, Juanita Bartlett, Del Reisman
Production details
Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
200
Original language
English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States
Worldvision EnterprisesUnited States
Ed Friendly ProductionsUnited States
NBCUnited States
NBC StudiosUnited States
Themes
19th centurybased on memoir or autobiographyearly americafamilyfamily lifeperiod dramapioneerswild west
