pioneers

Little House on the Prairie - Ingalls family

1970s

How millions came to love the Little House on the Prairie TV series (1974-1982)

The popular and highly-acclaimed ‘Little House on the Prairie’ TV series was based on the beloved books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, about the pioneer days.

1800s

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s famous ‘Little House’ books have long enchanted readers, young and old

For generations, the Little House books have enchanted adults & children, historians & romantics, with stories of the Midwestern frontier of the late 1800s.

1800s

Inside an old general store: See Oregon’s old Pease & Mays store in 1898

See inside an old general store in Oregon that sold everything pioneers needed — from food to tools, shoes to stoves.

Flying the friendly skies Women pioneers of the air (1908)

1900s

Flying the friendly skies: Daring women in early airplanes & hot air balloons (1908)

The transit of the air, a new science, a new sensation, gives her just the joy she needs, and the thrill of dangling from the swaying wicker basket at the end of a huge gas bag is the last word in enjoyment.

1980s

Melissa Gilbert: The Little House star is all grown up (1982)

What’s it like growing up on national TV? Melissa Gilbert knows all about it. She’s starred in the long-running hit show, Little House on the Prairie, since it began. Dynamite recently met Melissa, who told us what growing up in Hollywood is like, on camera and off.