when did the ingalls move to walnut grove
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title: Laura Ingalls Wilder text: from Wisconsin when Ingalls was about seven years old, after briefly living with the family of her Uncle Peter Ingalls, first in their house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and then on rented land near Lake City, Minnesota. In Walnut Grove, the family first lived in a dugout sod house on a preemption claim; after wintering in it, they moved into a new house built on the same land. Two summers of ruined crops led them to move to Iowa. On the way, they stayed again with Charles Ingalls' brother, Peter Ingalls, this time on his farm near South title: Laura Ingalls Wilder text: Troy, Minnesota. Her brother, Charles Frederick Ingalls ("Freddie"), was born there on November 1, 1875, dying nine months later in August 1876. In Burr Oak, Iowa, the family helped run a hotel. The youngest of the Ingalls children, Grace, was born there on May 23, 1877. The family moved from Burr Oak back to Walnut Grove where Ingalls' father served as the town butcher and justice of the peace. He accepted a railroad job in the spring of 1879, one of which took him to eastern Dakota Territory, where they joined him that fall. She did not write about the title: Old Town in the Green Groves text: condensed. This time period includes the birth of Charles Ingalls Jr. on November 1, 1875 in Minnesota. Having endured several years of poor crops and mounting debts in Walnut Grove, the Ingalls family decides to sell their farm and move to Burr Oak, Iowa where Pa has a job offer to help to run a hotel in town. On the way to Iowa, they stay for some time with relatives in South Troy, Minnesota, where Charles dies at 9 months of age on August 27, 1876. The family proceeds to Burr Oak, where they take up their jobs at the title: Walnut Grove, Minnesota text: as the setting for the "Plum Creek" part of the "Little House" book series. Charles Ingalls, her father, was the community's first justice and her only brother, Charles Frederick 'Freddy' Ingalls (November 1, 1875 – August 27, 1876), was born in Walnut Grove. The name "Walnut Grove" was also used in the "Little House on the Prairie" television series; however, the program was filmed in California. Walnut Grove gained more than 250 new residents between 2001 and 2006. The new residents are Hmong immigrants and their families. The influx of people has increased the population to nearly 900, and Hmong title: Walnut Grove, Minnesota text: Walnut Grove, Minnesota Walnut Grove is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 871 at the 2010 census. Another name formerly associated with the area is "Walnut Station". Walnut Grove was platted in 1874. It was named for a grove of black walnut trees near the original town site. It was incorporated in 1879. Walnut Grove is the home of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, dedicated to the author of the "Little House on the Prairie" books. Wilder and her family lived in the area for a part of her childhood and the location is used