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**Wilder on the Prairie**

The only podcast that talks about all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, one “Little House” book at a time.

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Bonus Episode 3 Mar 03, 2025

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Thank you for 100,000 downloads! :)

To celebrate, here are my 10 favorite chapters (so far) of the Little House books.

Episode 141 - SSL - Evening Shadows Fall Jan 13, 2025

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Episode 141

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 32 "Evening Shadows Fall". Join us this week as we discuss "Barbara Allen".

Episode 140 - SSL - Mosquitoes Jan 06, 2025

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Episode 140

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 31, "Mosquitoes". Join us as we discuss when mosquitoes come out and what temperature, mosquito bar netting, pink mosquito bar, and what a smudge is.

Episode 139 - SSL - Where Violets Grow Dec 30, 2024

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By the Shores of Silver Lake

Ch. 30 "Where Violets Grow". Join us this week as we discuss violets, the weight of three-year-old todds, "draggled", the meaning of hanging a horseshoe like a "U", and "Keep the Horseshoe over the Door".

Episode 138 - SSL - The Shanty on the Claim Dec 23, 2024

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Episode 138

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 29 "The Shanty on the Claim". Join us this week as we discuss a spade vs. a shovel, laths, the Timber Culture Act of 1873, wild onions, crocus, sheep sorrel, where did the glass boxes come from?, and where was the Lone Tree from?

Episode 137 - SSL - Moving Day Dec 16, 2024

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Episode 137

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 28 "Moving Day"

Join us as we discuss skids, "joggling", $250 or $300 in 2024 money, "A Motto for Every Man", and "Beacon - Light of Home".

Episode 136 - SSL - Living in Town Dec 09, 2024

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Episode 136

ch 27 By the Shores of Silver Lake "Living in Town". Join us this week as we discuss the one-mile walk into town, "ceil", "cornice", "Oh I'm As Happy As a Big Sunflower", the Jerome Beardsley family, who Louizy and Annie were, who killed Hunter, and Mitchell, SD.

Episode 135 - SSL - The Building Boom Dec 02, 2024

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Episode 135

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 26 "The Buiding Boom". Join us this week as we discuss $15.25, $1.75, Western false front architure, $42.50, and why Laura and Mary were arguing?

Episode 134 - SSL - Pa's Bet Nov 25, 2024

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Episode 134

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 25 "Pa's Bet"

Join us this week as we discuss Mr. Hinz and the 2 Mr. Hawthorns, "the fat was in the fire", "anywheres", what $14 is in 2024, and how big 160 acres really is.

Episode 133 - SSL - The Spring Rush Nov 18, 2024

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Episode 133

By the Shores of Silver Lake ch. 24 "The Spring Rush"

Join us this week as we discuss "greenhorns", how much 25 cents was, Fort Pierre South Dakota, "March comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion", what it means "to board" someone, Sioux Falls South Dakota and "to be hung for a sheep as a lamb".

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