Little House on the Prairie

The Ingalls family leaves the little house in the Big Woods and heads West.

After promising to fix a store's roof and stack sacks of grain, Charles falls out of a tree.

Before their first day of school, Laura and Mary worry other students won't accept them.

After wheat is destroyed, farmers must take risky quarry jobs.

Caroline plays matchmaker for Charles' old friend, Mr. Edwards, and an attractive local widow.

Laura falls for a new student (Mitch Vogel), who shows a greater interest in Mary.

Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.

Laura befriends a lonely, crippled girl (Kim Richards) sheltered by her father.

Caroline reluctantly goes on a six day vacation.

Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.

After Laura's pet raccoon bites her and the dog, Charles and Caroline discover it is rabid.

A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.

Mary accidentally sets the barn on fire while cramming for an important school competition.

Feeling rejected, Laura does not pray for the recovery of her sickly newborn brother.

A mountain man (Ernest Borgnine) helps Laura deal with guilt over the baby's death.

The Ingalls struggle with limited funds as they decide on Christmas gifts.

The Olesons separate after arguing about the quality of the Ingalls' eggs.

Doc Baker falls in love treating Mrs. Oleson's niece for an injured arm.

Doc Baker drafts Charles to help townspeople quarantined during a typhus outbreak.

A traveling showman (Red Buttons) hawks a supposedly medicinal powder from India.

Caroline volunteers Charles to keep a round-the-clock watch on a drunken, abusive father.

A school-trained farmer (Alan Fudge) convinces Charles to switch from wheat to a new corn variety.

A Dakota pursued by a determined sheriff (Jack Ging) rescues Charles in a fierce blizzard.

A farm boy (Mitch Vogel) takes Mr. Edward's tales to heart and heads to the big city.

A tough logger's (Forrest Tucker) disdain goads Charles into the Founder's Day chopping contest.