Episode 117

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 8 "Silver Lake"

Join us this week as the discuss seagulls in South Dakota, the Big Slough, what graders do, bedlam, ticking mattresses, where did Mary's rocking chair come from?, Stebbins' camp, pelicans in South Dakota, quonking, purple buffalo bean pods/ground plums/buffalo plums, and Mary laughing.

Episode 116

By the Shores of Silver Lake chapter 7 "Where the West Begins"

Join us this week as we discuss the Big Sioux River, buffalo wallows, the 1800s buffalo population, "Uncle Sam's Farm", the James River, and where is Aunt Polly?

Episode 115

By the Shores of Silver Lake, chapter 6 "The Black Ponies"

Join us this week as we discuss the difference between ponies and horses, cooking for 46 people 3 times a day, what the washing exactly was they were hiring out?, hames and traces and whippletrees, "Beware!", "A Railroad Man for Me", and the character of Lizzie marrying at 13.

Episode 114

By the Shores of Silver Lake, ch. 5 "Railroad Camp"

Join us this week as we discuss Laura preferring old-fashioned travel, "teamsters", "shanty", "peaked", and Ma and Laura cleaned their lunch site.

Episode 113

By the Shores of Silver Lake, chapter 4 "End of the Rails"

Join us this week as we discuss the role of firemen, "There Is a Happy Land", Mary's sensitive fingers, and the cost of the meal.

Episode 112

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 3 "Riding in the Cars"

Join us this week as we discuss starching clothes, lawn dresses, lillies of the valley, Tracy, MN, how fast trains went, and the roles of brakemen.

Episode 111

By the Shores of Silver Lake, ch. 2 "Grown Up". Join us this week as we discuss 1939, 1879, hardtack, losing Jack the bulldog, Laura crying, Laura growing up at 12? At 10?

Episode 110

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 1 "Unexpected Visitor"

Join us this week as we discuss Burr Oak, Iowa, scarlet fever, Docia (Ingalls) Forbes, the Homestead Act of 1862, Aunt Ruby Ingalls, Uncle Peter Ingalls, Uncle Henry Quiner, and Cousin Charley.