<P> In 1894 , the Wilder family moved to Mansfield , Missouri , and used their savings to make the down payment on an undeveloped property just outside town . They named the place Rocky Ridge Farm and moved into a ramshackle log cabin . At first , Wilder and her husband earned income only from wagon loads of fire wood they would sell in town for 50 cents . Financial security came slowly . Apple trees they planted did not bear fruit for seven years . Wilder 's parents - in - law visited around that time and gave them the deed to the house they had been renting in Mansfield , which was the economic boost Wilder 's family needed . They then added to the property outside town , and eventually accrued nearly 200 acres ( 80.9 hectares ) . Around 1910 , they sold the house in town , moved back to the farm , and completed the farmhouse with the proceeds . What began as about 40 acres ( 16.2 hectares ) of thickly wooded , stone - covered hillside with a windowless log cabin became in 20 years a relatively prosperous poultry , dairy , and fruit farm , and a 10 - room farmhouse . </P>
<P> In 1894 , the Wilder family moved to Mansfield , Missouri , and used their savings to make the down payment on an undeveloped property just outside town . They named the place Rocky Ridge Farm and moved into a ramshackle log cabin . At first , Wilder and her husband earned income only from wagon loads of fire wood they would sell in town for 50 cents . Financial security came slowly . Apple trees they planted did not bear fruit for seven years . Wilder 's parents - in - law visited around that time and gave them the deed to the house they had been renting in Mansfield , which was the economic boost Wilder 's family needed . They then added to the property outside town , and eventually accrued nearly 200 acres ( 80.9 hectares ) . Around 1910 , they sold the house in town , moved back to the farm , and completed the farmhouse with the proceeds . What began as about 40 acres ( 16.2 hectares ) of thickly wooded , stone - covered hillside with a windowless log cabin became in 20 years a relatively prosperous poultry , dairy , and fruit farm , and a 10 - room farmhouse . </P>
when did laura ingalls wilder move to missouri
when did laura ingalls wilder move to missouri
1894
1894