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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Poor economic conditions cause the Ingalls to move closer to Mary. Mary is now teaching at the blind school. The Ingalls move to be closer to Mary, where she helps teach the younger blind students. Laura catches an orphan, Albert, stealing from their hotel. Charles becomes friends with Albert and invites him to Mary's birthday party.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Anne Ramsey, Cletus Young, Leon Charles, Hersha Parady, Merlin Olsen, Linwood Boomer
Charles even sells his fiddle to buy Mary a gift. At the party, Mary gives Pa his fiddle back. Laura gives Mary a card. Mary is so proud of Laura writing the letter in braille. Almost everyone is in tears, including Mrs. Oleson, when Mary announces that she has nothing to wish for, since she has everything that she could possibly want.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Cletus Young, Leon Charles, Hersha Parady, John Joseph Thomas, Merlin Olsen, Linwood Boomer
A blind student feels he is useless. He is reluctant to do anything at the blind school. The student gains self-confidence when he is talked into being the center for the Winoka football team. He is able to throw Albert across the goal line during the game to score the tying touchdown for the Winoka Warriors, keeping the Warriors from losing.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, John Ireland, Leon Charles, Hersha Parady, John Joseph Thomas, Merlin Olsen, Linwood Boomer
Amelia, a new girl that Laura meets in school, is ashamed of her very overweight father. Her father works at the blind school where Mary works. All the blind students like him a lot. They claim that they can see his love. One day, Laura and some other students from school, start making fun of the overweight person, not knowing that they were making fun of Amelia's father. Amelia's father pretends to leave town since his girl is so ashamed of him. He hides out at the blind school. When he is involved in an accident, Amelia reveals to her dad how much she loves him.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Cliff Emmich, Hersha Parady, Katherine Woodville, Sam Edwards, Julie Anne Haddock, Linwood Boomer, Wendi Turnbaugh, Brenda Turnbaugh
Toby Noe wins a lottery of $5,000 and becomes a man of means. He buys the children a cartload of fireworks, for an annual celebration. Standish dupes Toby into losing all his money using cards and drink at the saloon. Everything comes to a head as the fireworks go off in the saloon. The Ingalls, Olesons, and Garveys get tired of the bustling city life during all this (Nels getting drunk and wins a whole pile of money), and they decide quickly to return to Walnut Grove. The Ingalls take Albert along with them.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Ray Bolger, Leon Charles, Hersha Parady, Herb Armstrong, John Joseph Thomas, Merlin Olsen
As the Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons return to Walnut Grove they discover a town that is badly in need of repair. With a lot of hard work, from everyone around them, they're able to get the town back to its old self, helping a number of people who feel they are living in a dead town, like Lars Hanson.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Karl Swenson, Hersha Parady, Merlin Olsen, Linwood Boomer, Dabbs Greer
Laura feels ignored and left out when Charles spends all of his time with Albert and the calf given to Albert. Albert runs away after overhearing Charles and Caroline talking about Laura not feeling that she is part of the family anymore. Laura takes Albert's calf to the fair and wins first place. She dedicates the award to Albert. Albert, who is secretly hiding and watching the show, comes out when he hears Laura's heartfelt words.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Carole Raschella, Michael RaschellaGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Kraig Metzinger, Hersha Parady, Wendi Turnbaugh, Brenda Turnbaugh, Patrick Labyorteaux
Mrs. Oleson's cousin starts a newspaper in Walnut Grove, and she uses the fledgling small-town publication as her forum for gossip. It isn't long before the newspaper creates havoc and embarrassment for the townspeople, leading Charles to take matters into his own hands.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Ike Eisenmann, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, King Moody, Hersha Parady, John Hillerman, Ruth Foster
Adam finally asks Mary to marry him. She begins having second thoughts when her parents starting talking about being grandchildren and how hard it was to keep track of Mary when she was little. Mary begins to wonder if she could take care of a child. A blind child gets caught in a dust storm and is found by Mary and Adam. After this, Mary realizes that she has nothing to worry about. They get married by Reverend Alden.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Arthur HeinemannGuest stars Christopher Bowman, Linwood Boomer, Dabbs Greer, Wendi Turnbaugh, Brenda Turnbaugh, Lou Fant, David Hooks, Michelle Downey
Jonathan and Charles allow their boys to prove their manhood by allowing them to take a trip to Sleepy Eye by themselves. Jonathan and Charles secretly follow the boys. The boys end up making the trip with no problems at all. However, the fathers get into some embarrassing situations following their boys.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Don BalluckGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Hersha Parady, Patrick Cranshaw, Merlin Olsen, Wendi Turnbaugh, Brenda Turnbaugh, Patrick Labyorteaux
Andy Garvey's mother is embarrassed by her son's performance at school. She hires Nellie Oleson to tutor him. Nellie reveals to Andy how she gets such good grades. Nellie makes Andy keep the secret of Nellie cheating. Andy eventually admits what he has been doing and his mother makes sure that Nellie isn't able to cheat on the next test.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Arthur HeinemannGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Hersha Parady, Merlin Olsen, Patrick Labyorteaux
When the blind school closes up, the people of Walnut Grove decide to make the old Reverend's house a blind school. Charles leads the students to their new school. Mrs. Oleson comes along on the trip because she believes that a prominent person will be with them. + This story is in part about racism. It begins with Joe Kagan's membership to the church in Walnut Grove, something Mrs. Oleson is very much against as he is black. Elsewhere, the blind school is forced to close. Charles and Joe Kagan lead the group of blind students through the woods to their new school in Walnut Grove, but not before Harriet has joined them, willing and eager because she hears they will be joined by more blind students and their teacher, who isn't blind, Hester-Sue Terhune. Harriet says the name Terhune is very prominent and it must be a sophisticated woman with a great upbringing. She buys a new dress and even wears a fancy wig. Harriet walks as she refuses to sit next to Joe Kagan on one of the wagons.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella, John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Leon Charles, Hersha Parady, Don 'Red' Barry, Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn
When Mrs. Oleson meets Hester-Sue Terhune she is very disappointed to discover she is black. Hester-Sue has bought black children to join the rest of the blind school and they all continue the journey onwards to Walnut Grove. In the end it takes the words of a little blind black boy to teach her that prejudice is wrong, and Harriet comes to a crossroads in her life, whilst Adam will have to face his deepest fear as he comes to a crossing of his own.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella, John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Marcus Chong, Hersha Parady, Don 'Red' Barry, Bill Quinn, Merlin Olsen
In this episode starring twins Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush, Charles takes a job on a telephone crew that is working in southern Minnesota, which requires him to be away from home for several weeks. Carrie, heartsick for her Pa and craving attention, only manages to get into everybody else's way, so the lonesome tyke creates an imaginary friend, Alyssa, to ease the pain.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Don BalluckGuest stars George D. Wallace, Hersha Parady, Dolph Sweet, Burke Byrnes, Merlin Olsen, Patrick Labyorteaux, Tom Clancy, William Wintersole
A story about bigotry. Albert becomes an apprentice of an old Jew, Isaac. The people in school call Albert a Jew-lover and beat him up. Albert learns a sense of pride from Isaac. Albert and Isaac become the best of friends.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Paul WolffGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Frank De Kova, Tony Becker, Don 'Red' Barry, Merlin Olsen, Wendi Turnbaugh
After a boy is in an accident, he pretends to be blind to keep his parents from getting divorced. Laura discovers that the boy isn't blind, but doesn't tell his parents because the boy pleads with her not to. The boy is involved in another accident and has a concussion. The concussion causes him to not remember his pretending to be blind.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Arthur HeinemannGuest stars Kevin Hagen, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Bert Kramer, Ronnie Scribner, Linwood Boomer, Ketty Lester
Toby Noe turns up again after the Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons decided to leave the town Standish owned (episode 93, There's No Place Like Home (1)). He makes an immediate impact, stirring things up, especially with Amanda. Laura and Albert do some matchmaking for the upcoming dance.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Paul WolffGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Ray Bolger, Ysabel MacCloskey, Sean Frye, Merlin Olsen, Linwood Boomer, Dabbs Greer
Mary is expecting a child. Mary is able to get Adam closer to his father because of the expectancy of a child. His father even suggests that Mary and Adam come live with him. After Mary has a miscarriage, Mary and Adam really find out that Adam's father only wanted to be with Adam because of the baby. They decide to remain in Walnut Grove.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Carole Raschella, Michael RaschellaGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Philip Abbott, Christopher Bowman, Linwood Boomer, Wendi Turnbaugh, Brenda Turnbaugh
Mrs. Olesen forecloses on the lakefront property of Kezia, and she, Nellie and Willie cause no end of grief for the elderly recluse. Laura, Andy and Albert hatch a ""get even"" plan by claiming a monster lives in the lake.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Hersha Parady, Merlin Olsen, Dabbs Greer, Patrick Labyorteaux, Hermione Baddeley
It all starts when a local farmer, who is hateful and bigoted, refuses to set a fair price for wheat, since black farmers would be entitled to the same price. The whole thing escalates when the farmer assaults Andy and is later accused of setting fire to the Garvey's barn.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Don BalluckGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Jeff Corey, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Hersha Parady, Tony Becker, Don 'Red' Barry, Ruth Foster
Mary starts to be able to distinguish light from dark and the Ingalls believe she is regaining her sight. Mary is taken to the specialist only to discover that a brain impulse was causing her to see light when she felt the heat from the sun coming through a window. While Mary is away, Albert and Laura fix up Mr. Edwards' old home. However, the only colors of paint that the mercantile has is pink and purple. Mary returns and talks to Laura in the old Edwards' cabin. Laura tells Mary that her and Albert were building a club house. Mary tells Laura she is glad she can't see the room after Laura tells her what colors they used.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Don BalluckGuest stars Kevin Hagen, Hersha Parady, Ruth Foster, Linwood Boomer, Ketty Lester, Nathan Adler
Charles stays with a family while looking for some horses to buy. The children of the family asks Mr. Ingalls if he could possibly do something to keep their parents from splitting up. Thanks to Charles talking to the husband and the wife, they decide to stay together and work things out.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Michael LandonGuest stars Kyle Richards, Jenny Sullivan, Charles Cioffi, Bobby Rolofson, Edwin Owens, Eddie Quillan, Bill McLean
Charles and Jonathan meet with danger as deadly as the disease they left behind them when they are sent for the medical supplies needed to battle an outbreak of anthrax in Walnut Grove.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Jonathan Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Kevin Hagen, Hersha Parady, Carolyn Conwell, Ruth Foster, Jerry Hardin, Merlin Olsen
Albert and Laura leave home to run away with their friend, Dhillon. Dhillon, who is dying from leukemia, wants to achieve his life long dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Ingalls catches up with the children, but when he finds out what is going on, he helps them get to the ocean.
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Directed by Michael LandonWritten by Carole Raschella, Michael RaschellaGuest stars Kevin Hagen, Steve Shaw, Bill Quinn, Melinda Cordell, J.S. 'Joe' Young, Ken O'Brien
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
