Cambridge Springs Public Library

A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

A pioneer family sets out in a covered wagon to cross Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas before stopping in Indian country. There they settle and face unforeseen hazards.

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

After a hard year teaching far away, Laura comes home to a brand new schoolhouse and her fiance, Almanzo.

A little pioneer girl and her family, living in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, make their first trip into town to visit the general store.

A little pioneer girl and her family spend the winter in their log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin