De Smet, South Dakota
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De Smet is a city in and the county seat of Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,056 at the 2020 census.
Downtown De Smet, September 2010
Currently a Christian and Missionary Alliance church, the building was originally the First Congregational Church of De Smet; one of the church's builders was Charles Ingalls.
"The House That Pa Built", located at 210 3rd Street SW in De Smet
Former site of Ingalls Store, downtown De Smet
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 19
De Smet, South Dakota
…Iowa would be later chronicled in the Little House series of books written by the Ingallses' second oldest daughter, Laura Elizabeth - later known as Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls and her husband Almanzo Wilder would first settle in De Smet along with Wilder's brother, Royal. They were later joined by their older…
Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa 1885
Caroline and Charles Ingalls
Laura Ingalls Wilder dugout location
Surveyor's House, the first home in Dakota Territory of the Charles Ingalls family – De Smet, South Dakota