Little House on the Prairie
Welcome to Olesonville
Season 9, Episode 3 · Aired 1982-10-11
Synopsis
Looking to clean up Lars Hanson's old house in hopes to sell it for a nice profit, Mrs. Olsen stumbles across an old bearer bond. Instead of cashing it in and bankrupting Walnut Grove, she decides to use that bond to call in favors for her family – starting with changing the name of the town. However, when she coerces Nels into running for mayor, Laura and the others on the town council uses a bit of gossip to convince Almonzo run against him.
In the series
This episode is part of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) on NBC.
Walnut Grove tears and triumphs — frontier family myth as weekly comfort.
Key cast
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls