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How the logs of the "Little House" cabin were stolen

The famous little house on the prairie was built by Charles Ingalls on land he very likely knew belonged to the Osage Indians, according to Laura Ingalls Wilder biographer Caroline Fraser. The logs he used to build the house and the land were stolen.

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