Tracing the Wilder Family's Route

The Wilder family was always on the move! Here is a chronological list of most of the places they lived. Use this list to trace their route on the map.

1. Pepin, Wisconsin (Little House in the Big Woods was set here.)

2. Independence Kansas (Little House on the Prairie was set here.)

3. Pepin Wisconsin

4. Walnut Grove, Minnesota (On the Banks of Plum Creek was set here.)

5. Burr Oak, Iowa

6. Walnut Grove, Minnesota

7. De Smet, South Dakota (By the Shores of the Silver, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, and The Happy Golden Years, were all set here.)

8. Mansfield, Missouri

Return to the On the Way Home lesson.

Last updated on April 2, 1997
Maintained by John L. Day

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