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Little House on the Prairie is a 2005 American Western television miniseries directed by David L. Cunningham.It is a six-part adaptation of children's novels Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and Little House on the Prairie (1935) by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Charles, Caroline, Laura, Mary, and Carrie Ingalls are respectively portrayed by Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, and twins Lindsay and Sydney Greenbush. The show is loosely based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books.
Surveyors' House, first home in Dakota Territory of the Charles Ingalls family De Smet School, first school in De Smet and attended by Carrie Ingalls and her older sister, Laura. During her late-teen years Ingalls was a typesetter for the De Smet News and, subsequently, other newspapers throughout the state for Edward Louis Senn.
Charles and Caroline Ingalls (Michael Landon and Karen Grassle) move with their three young daughters, Mary, Laura, and Carrie (Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, and Lindsay Greenbush) from the big woods of Wisconsin to the open prairies of Kansas.
For example, in the original version of Laura Ingalls Wilder's stories, Mary goes blind as a result of scarlet fever, with the family struggling for years before they save enough money to send her to a school for the blind. The historical Mary never married, nor became a teacher.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 1–9: 190: Melissa Gilbert: Daughter; became teacher, later Almanzo's wife and Rose's mother; nicknamed "Half-Pint" by Charles and "Beth" by Almanzo Mary Ingalls: 1–8: 133: Melissa Sue Anderson: Daughter, eldest child; later Adam's wife and Adam Jr.'s mother Carrie Ingalls: 1–8: 164: Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush
It starred Cameron Bancroft as Charles Ingalls; Erin Cottrell as Caroline Ingalls; Kyle Chavarria as Laura Ingalls; Danielle Chuchran as Mary Ingalls; and Gregory Sporleder as Mr Edwards. It was directed by David L. Cunningham. In 2006, the mini-series was released on DVD and the 2-disc set runs approximately 255 minutes long.
Carrie Ingalls' birth is also recorded as being in Montgomery County, Kansas, in August 1870. Today, there is a facsimile log cabin at the site. The state of Kansas has designated the childhood home of Laura Ingalls southwest of Independence as a historic site, which is open to visitors. The site includes a cabin modeled after the original ...