Walnut Grove is probably the best known location from the Little House books/tv shows, but they didn't live here very long. Grasshopper swarms and prairie fires made life difficult, so they ended up settling a little further west in De Smet.
But the prairie, temporarily free of grasshoppers and fire, made for some scenic and beautiful country.
The dugout that they lived in has long collapsed, but you can still see its small indention in the earth and put your feet into Plum Creek just like Laura did almost 140 years ago.
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