Lately I have been reading "Little House on the Prairie" to the kids. The original site is located close enough to be a day trip for us and so on the spur of the moment we decided to go. By "spur of the moment" I mean 3 days - that's spontaneity in the Baker family. Maggie and Katie joined us and off we went. 
The cabin is not the original, it no longer exists but this one was rebuilt in 1977 as a replica after research confirmed this as the original site. I am shocked how much information was given in the book as to how the place was built. The replica was not exact, but good enough. Nathaniel has not grasped the concept of time. So as a result he kept expecting to see the Ingall's dog Jack.
The living historian explained much of the place to us.
Nora trying on the sunbonnet. I call her "Toothless" now after the dragon in "How to Train your Dragon"
Katie and the sunbonnet.
The China Shepherdess. In the books the Ingalls girls always knew they were home when Ma set out the doll. I doubt it's the original. I didn't want to ask, I would just like to believe it was. The living historian explained the Laura was 3 when she lived here and very much older when she wrote the book and so a lot may not have been remembered correctly. Her daughter and editor also changed things up so as not to present the family as "hicks and back-water folk".
Sun in their eyes.
