Moving To The Indian Reserve In Kansas
In 1869, the family decided to move to the Osage Indian Reserve in Kansas. While living there, Laura met Indians and saw cattle drives going through the open plains. After a year there, they opted to go back to Wisconsin before going out to Walnut Grove in Minnesota. This photo below shows you a farm and the kind of farming the family probably did while they lived in Kansas. It might not seem like a lot of work based on the photo, but you probably have no idea how tough these things are unless you do farm work yourself.
Moving to the Indian Reserve in Kansas
Living In South Dakota A Decade Later
“I realized I had seen and lived it all – all the successive phases of the frontier, first the frontiersman, then the pioneer, then the farmers and the towns,” Laura said. A decade after experiencing life in Kansas, the family decided to move to De Smet, South Dakota. This was where she spent her childhood. Before moving back, Mary caught a fever that led to her blindness, so Laura had the extra responsibility of taking care of her sister. Their father claimed a piece of land right outside the city and worked hard on it to make the best possible life for the entire family during the ‘80s.
Living In South Dakota A Decade Later