tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post1831167962027445697..comments2024-01-10T07:15:23.341-05:00Comments on Shawn's Blog: Mountain life on Little House on the PrairieShawn Furyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-2491456131501058702012-10-10T12:17:19.503-04:002012-10-10T12:17:19.503-04:00Yeah, Winona is like the only thing they could off...Yeah, Winona is like the only thing they could offer up as a possible defense (and my wife knows those hills well as she slid down one last year and hurt her foot). Of course then Little House would have to explain how Laura walked by herself to frickin' Winona. Maybe she hitchhiked on a covered wagon. Shawn Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-35189600947269002582012-10-09T21:34:18.491-04:002012-10-09T21:34:18.491-04:00Maybe she ran all the way to bluff country - Winon...Maybe she ran all the way to bluff country - Winona, MN! ;)Tara Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13182742657536380364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-4922115101998079922009-12-02T15:03:14.992-05:002009-12-02T15:03:14.992-05:00Jerry, maybe Marshall was a badass town back in th...Jerry, maybe Marshall was a badass town back in the day and Mankato was much safer. Not as many hooligans. Just kidding.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-47515012266954524162009-11-27T19:57:21.736-05:002009-11-27T19:57:21.736-05:00Even the hill Laura runs up during the beginning o...Even the hill Laura runs up during the beginning of the show is higher than anything around SW MN. Maybe they were frolicking around at the Ocheyedan Mound for those shots..Neil Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-20950272065247369712009-11-27T13:17:57.446-05:002009-11-27T13:17:57.446-05:00I don't think they had the delivery service in...I don't think they had the delivery service in those days, otherwise I am sure he would have. And back then it probably would been shopping at Madison East Mall...Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-8028118384233196852009-11-26T22:31:19.136-05:002009-11-26T22:31:19.136-05:00They went to Mankato so they could go to the River...They went to Mankato so they could go to the River Hills Mall.<br /><br />Surprised Charles didn't work at Schwan's. He worked in pretty much every other job in southern Minnesota.Shawn Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-56477832557097274582009-11-26T12:12:55.834-05:002009-11-26T12:12:55.834-05:00I have been through Walnut Grove many tiems and I ...I have been through Walnut Grove many tiems and I am always looking for teh mountain - ANY mountain - near the town but I have yet to see one. Maybe she ran to the big(?) hill near the softball fields a few miles from town. That is the only thing I can think of. My question is why did they always go to Mankato when Marshall was much closer?Jerrynoreply@blogger.com