De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States

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De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States was a late 19th-century frontier town that became historically notable as the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s family and the birthplace of her daughter, writer Rose Wilder Lane.

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De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier town
historic place
associatedWith American children’s literature
pioneer memoirs
birthplaceOf Rose Wilder Lane
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage American pioneer heritage
developedDuring railroad expansion in the northern Great Plains
economy agriculture
railroad-related commerce
hasHistoricSite De Smet cemetery containing Ingalls family graves
Ingalls family homestead
surface form: Ingalls Homestead

Surveyors’ House associated with the Ingalls family
hasLiteraryAssociationWith Little House on the Prairie
surface form: Little Town on the Prairie

The First Four Years
The Long Winter
These Happy Golden Years
hasPart Ingalls family homestead
historicalEra post–Civil War United States expansion era
historicalRole agricultural service town for surrounding homesteads
railroad-era settlement
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Dakota Territory
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Father Pierre De Smet
notableFor association with the Little House books
being the birthplace of Rose Wilder Lane
being the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
partOf Old West
surface form: American Old West
region Great Plains
residenceOf Caroline Ingalls
Carrie Ingalls
Charles Ingalls
Carrie Ingalls
surface form: Grace Ingalls

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mary Ingalls
significantEvent settlement of the American frontier
United States territorial expansion
surface form: westward expansion of the United States
timePeriod late 19th century
tourismAttraction Laura Ingalls Wilder-related historic sites
usedLanguage English

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Rose Wilder Lane birthPlace De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States
Laura Ingalls Wilder residence De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States