How was the Ingalls family affected by the US Civil War?

[gkster]

@skdo23

As another thread points out, among other things, one episode implied that Colonel Sanders (who wasn’t even born until 1890) traveled to Walnut Grove to buy Nellie’s Restaurant and turn it into a franchise.

That’s a great thread! I cracked up on seeing this post:

@Sir_Rhosis

Always wondered if Charles had some type of bellows set up to get that blow-dried hair.

And if anyone has seen a photo of the real Charles Ingalls, he didn’t just have a run of the mill beard. The man had basically a goatee which he let fall to near his chest, and spread out sorta like a trangle.

Sir Rhosis

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6551899&postcount=48

@Hello_Again

Lots of people move their families around a lot. But I think in the cold light of adulthood you’ll find that Pa moved the family for idiotic, selfish reasons every time. We had a thread called something like “Wasn’t Pa Kind of a Fuck-up?” a few years ago but I haven’t been able to locate it.

There’s something about the series that prevents me from reading it in the cold light of adulthood, though–maybe having had a wonderful devoted dad who in some ways reminded me of Pa but who didn’t mess up.
OTOH my cousin loved the show, I think because Pa/Michael Landon was so different from her cold, absent dad.