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I always thought 'Pa' was quite self-centered. It gets too crowded so he packs up his family many times and leaves then plops them down in the middle of nowhere. It takes him a few days to go to and from town, leaving all women by themselves to either get raped or murdered while he's gone. Never gave thought to their safety, schooling or even having neighbors for company.
I always thought 'Pa' was quite self-centered. It gets too crowded so he packs up his family many times and leaves then plops them down in the middle of nowhere. It takes him a few days to go to and from town, leaving all women by themselves to either get raped or murdered while he's gone. Never gave thought to their safety, schooling or even having neighbors for company.
Did you ever watch the show? They were a short walk from town, and they had plenty of neighbors to interact with. The kids walked to and from school every day. I also don't remember Caroline or the daughters getting raped and murdered; what season was that in?
Did you ever watch the show? They were a short walk from town, and they had plenty of neighbors to interact with. The kids walked to and from school every day. I also don't remember Caroline or the daughters getting raped and murdered; what season was that in?
Short walk? It was more like 2-3 miles to town from the Ingalls farm.
Short walk? It was more like 2-3 miles to town from the Ingalls farm.
Well, I never actually heard them quote the mileage, but it was close enough for the kids to walk to and from school every day. Since I used to walk 1 mile each way and that was an easy 30 minute walk in the 1970s and 1980s, I'm sure that 100 years earlier, 2-3 miles was considered an easy walk. They were made of sturdier stuff back then. Still, it's not "the middle of nowhere" and the family was not living in total isolation, several days from town, like the other poster claimed.
In this area, we can still find remnants of the trail the farmers had to follow taking wheat crop to the railroad. It was a 20 mile plus walk with an ox cart and THAT would be a multi day walk.
Most farms are within a five or so mile radius of some small town where supplies could be found. Even for the Amish farmers that far out of town it's only going to be under an hours journey.
Well, I never actually heard them quote the mileage, but it was close enough for the kids to walk to and from school every day. Since I used to walk 1 mile each way and that was an easy 30 minute walk in the 1970s and 1980s, I'm sure that 100 years earlier, 2-3 miles was considered an easy walk. They were made of sturdier stuff back then. Still, it's not "the middle of nowhere" and the family was not living in total isolation, several days from town, like the other poster claimed.
The kids walked as the "crow flies" from point A to B. They don't walk along the road which curves along the terrain. I would think it is about a 45 minute walk each way.
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