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Date Posted: 15:24:56 02/28/02 Thu
Author: nancy
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Pa
In reply to: Ann 's message, "Which LHOP person (excluding Laura) would you talk to if you could? (see message)" on 13:48:29 02/28/02 Thu

I'd ask Pa WHY he really left the Big Woods for Indian Territory, and I'd ask him why he left Kansas to go back to WI. I'd ask him where the family slept in the hotel in Burr Oak, and where the mill was that he owned part of. I'd ask about the homestead near Walnut Grove (not the Plum Creek site; he had a homestead near there that he relinquished). I'd want to know exactly what kind of guns he had, where the fiddle came from, who taught him to play (and would he play for ME), and I'd ask where Freddy was buried. And I'd ask him to light his pipe, so I could smell what it smelled like.

Just off the top of my head .

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The Boasts -- LisaE, 16:38:37 02/28/02 Thu

Very interesting question, so many people to choose..

What I've always wondered was how the Wilder's and Boasts got along after the incident where the Boasts wanted to trade for Rose. Were things awkward? Did Laura ever mention it to her parents?

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[> [> Re: The Boasts -- Ann, 18:43:17 02/28/02 Thu

I never even thought about the Boasts! But it would be interesting to hear their answer, that's for sure.

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