ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Laura Ingalls Wilder | 352 pages | 11 Jul 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780064400046 | English | New York, NY, United States On the Banks of Plum Creek Summary & Study Guide She married Almanzo Wilder in ; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in The nine Little House books are international classics. He was born in in New York City but raised in England. When the wagon wheels stopped turning, Jack dropped down in the shade between them. His belly sank on the grass and his front legs stretched out. His nose fitted in the furry hollow. All of him rested, except his ears. All day long for many, many days, Jack had been trotting under the wagon. He had trotted all the way from the little log house in Indian Territory, across Kansas, across Missouri, across Iowa, and a long way into Minnesota. He had learned to take his rest whenever the wagon stopped. We've come a good half-mile, and there's the creek. Laura could not see a creek. She saw a grassy bank, and beyond it a line of willowtree tops, waving in the gentle wind. Everywhere else the prairie grasses were rippling far away to the sky's straight edge. Laura jumped inside her skin. A man was standing beside the horses. No one had been in sight anywhere, but suddenly that man was there. His hair was pale yellow, his round face was as red as an Indian's, and his eyes were so pale that they looked like a mistake. Jack growled. The man looked slowly at the wagon. He looked at the mustangs, Pet and Patty. After a while he said again, "Yah. Pa got out of the wagon, and Ma said, "You can climb out and run around, girls, I know you are tired, sitting still. Jack got up when Laura climbed down the wagon wheel, but he had to stay under the Wagon until Pa said he might go. He looked out at Laura while she ran along a little path that was there. The path went across short sunny grass, to the edge of the bank. Down below it was the creek, rippling and glistening in the sunshine. The willow trees grew up beyond the creek. Over the edge of the bank, the path turned and went slanting down, close against the grassy bank that rose up like a wall. Laura went down it cautiously. The bank rose up beside her till she could not see the wagon. There was only the high sky above her, and down below her the water was talking to itself. Laura went a step farther, then one more step. The path stopped at a wider, flat place, where it turned and dropped down to the creek in stair-steps. Then Laura saw the door. The door stood straight up in the grassy bank, where the path turned. It was like a house door, but whatever was behind it was under the ground. The door was shut. Laura ran very fast, up the path to the safe wagon. Mary was standing there, and Laura whispered to her, "There's a door in the ground, and two big dogs--" She looked behind her. The two dogs were coming. Hanson turned and spoke words that Laura could not understand. But the dogs understood. One behind the other, they slunk over the edge of that bank, down out of sight. Pa and Mr. Hanson walked slowly away toward the stable. The stable was small and it was not made of logs. Grass grew on its walls and its roof was covered with growing grasses, blowing in the wind. Laura and Mary stayed near the wagon, where Jack was. They looked at the prairie grasses swaying and bending, and yellow flowers nodding. Birds rose and flew and sank into the grasses. The sky curved very high and its rim came neatly down to the faraway edge of the round earth. When Pa and Mr. Hanson came back, they heard Pa say: "All right, Hanson. We'll go to town tomorrow and fix up the Papers. Tonight we'll camp here. Pa boosted Mary and Laura into the wagon and drove out on the prairie. He told Ma that he had traded Pet and Patty for Mr. Hanson's land. He had traded Bunny, the mule-colt, and the wagon- cover for Mr. Hanson's crops and his oxen. He unhitched Pet and Patty and led them to the creek to drink. Plum Creek 58 Reviews. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the date s you selected. Please choose a different date. Is this a romantic place or activity that you would suggest for couples? Yes No Unsure. Would you send a friend who is visiting for the first time to this place or activity? Is this attraction a good picnic spot? Is this attraction a hidden gem or off-the-beaten path? Is this a must-do if you are traveling with a big group greater than 5? Are the prices for this place or activity budget-friendly? Is this a place or activity you would suggest for families with kids? Is this a place or activity you would go to on a rainy day? Is this attraction exciting, unusual, or risky to visit? Thanks for helping! Share another experience before you go. What travelers are saying 4. So exciting to go to Plum Creek!! No review, just sheer excitement of wading in Plum Creek. Happy to report no leeches! As others have said, this is the very spot where Laura played so many years ago. Dad was the hero for arranging this stop : We checked out the remains of the dugout house and put our feet in the cr It was so neat to be exactly where Laura was, wading in Plum Creek. We went in a warm day and you can tell why Laura was so tempted to go in. The water was cool and clear. No sign of leeches or crab Full view. Walnut Grove, MN. Best nearby. Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum. Ingalls' Homestead. Write a review. Traveler rating. Selected filters. All reviews private property honor system laura ingalls wilder tv series dugout prairie sod picnic marker path. AJSt wrote a review Jul Minnesota 20 contributions. On the Banks of Plum creek. Just a mile out of town, this was a 15 minute stop as it was a hot day. But we did walk to the Banks of the creek. A beautiful creek. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wikipedia Is this attraction exciting, unusual, or risky to visit? Thanks for helping! Share another experience before you go. What travelers are saying 4. So exciting to go to Plum Creek!! No review, just sheer excitement of wading in Plum Creek. Happy to report no leeches! As others have said, this is the very spot where Laura played so many years ago. Dad was the hero for arranging this stop : We checked out the remains of the dugout house and put our feet in the cr It was so neat to be exactly where Laura was, wading in Plum Creek. We went in a warm day and you can tell why Laura was so tempted to go in. The water was cool and clear. No sign of leeches or crab Full view. Walnut Grove, MN. Best nearby. Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum. Ingalls' Homestead. Write a review. Traveler rating. Selected filters. All reviews private property honor system laura ingalls wilder tv series dugout prairie sod picnic marker path. AJSt wrote a review Jul Minnesota 20 contributions. On the Banks of Plum creek. Just a mile out of town, this was a 15 minute stop as it was a hot day. But we did walk to the Banks of the creek. A beautiful creek. Then hiked to the dugout site. Could have spent longer but needed to move on. A small area for a picnic. Nice place for kids to walk around. Read more. Date of experience: July Helpful Share. Dixie H wrote a review Jul Saint Louis, Missouri contributions 32 helpful votes. On the Banks of Plum Creek. Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder will want to see the spot she wrote about in her books. There is a marker and monument to the area. The word "Indian", referring to Native Americans, appears 12 times in it, most of them dealing with the Ingalls' time in Indian Territory. However, at one point Mary tells Laura to keep her sunbonnet on or "You'll be as brown as an Indian, and what will the town girls think of us? After failing at farming in the Dakotas in the s—drought, illness, and fire contributing—Wilder moved with her husband, Almanzo, and young daughter, Rose, to the Ozarks in Missouri. Decades later, she, who had been writing columns and editing for a regional farm newspaper, was encouraged by Rose to write a memoir of growing up on the frontier for national serialization—mostly for financial reasons. Wilder wrote Pioneer Girl , an adult version of her autobiography, before she wrote her book series. When it proved unsellable to publishers, Rose suggested they rethink it, leading to the series. Some of the real-life events were either softened or taken out entirely for a younger audience. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification. 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