[Evil Slayer]

Oh, the carefree days of “Little House on the Prairie” where the Ingles had everything they needed without government intervention (and were happy, healthy and wise). Bring those days back.

[wintertime]

Oh, the carefree days of “Little House on the Prairie” where the Ingles had everything they needed without government intervention (and were happy, healthy and wise). Bring those days back.

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They weren't so healthy. Mary was blind from a disease that could have been cured in a day with an antibiotic. The entire family nearly died from Malaria. Laura's younger sister had trouble learning is school after they all nearly starved through a hard winter. Ma had a log fall on her leg a hundred miles from the nearest white person. Pa's friend nearly died from gas poisoning while digging a well. Laura had a small pelvis ( likely due to poor nutrition) and nearly died in childbirth. He baby son did die. Laura and her husband only had the one child, Rose. Given the nonexistent birth control of those days I can just imagine what their marrital sex life was like.

Yeah! Great life. Life was hard, painful, and short!

By the way, on Tuesday I noticed a small pimple-like thing on my skin. Wednesday it was 3X the size and I was feeling like I had a mild flu. Thursday it was 3X larger again and I was beginning to feel a lot sicker. Friday, I had surgery, IV antibiotics, a pack and drain, and still don't feel that well even with Tylenol and Ibuprofen every four hours.

Hopefully, I won't die, but I surely would be in the funeral home by now without access to modern medicine.

[Battle Axe]

The reality of “Little House on the Prairie” is that they lost the only son they had at 9 months. I felt this child could have been saved until Laura's daughter Rose had a similar child who died at 12 days.

Now I think the family carried cystic fibrosis. There is no confirmation of this. It is personal observation and the scant information of how the children died. Both were boys and were the only boys.

There are no other children from the family.

I wanted to dig into the background of the other members of the family, such as the Ingals. I met several of them now living in Iowa. Decided not to.

Any other researchers out there?

[Ditter]

Not me thanks, I don't want to go back to the “good ole days”. Two weeks without electricity, phone, Internet, TV, A/C, gas pumps and ice after Hurricane Ike and I was cured of all those old romantic notions.

[MrB]

Find a good community and church, and it’s possible to take steps in that direction.

[angkor]

>>>>Oh, the carefree days of “Little House on the Prairie” where the Ingles had everything they needed <<<<<<

Enjoy digging your next outhouse pit.

Make sure it doesn’t contaminate your neighbor’s water table.