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Season 6, episode 15: In Season 6, episode 2, Charles claims he was out of school at age 12 to support his family as "man of the family." He must not have been out long, because in Season 6, episode 15 he attends a reunion for the Class of 1856 in which he seems to have graduated. Since this is a 25-year reunion, the year here is identified as 1881.
Season 6, episode 10: Doc Baker is uncertain of an appendicitis diagnosis and insists a young boy seek help from a surgeon, while in Season 1 he made a definite diagnosis on Mrs. Oleson and performed the operation himself. It's possible every case is different. This has happened to me and my sister. We both went to the ER different times presenting some, but not all, symptoms of appendicitis. After being there half the night, I was told to get out or be charged with trespassing. My clothes had already been removed before being put into the ambulance and it was very uncomfortable. I was 30 miles from home, with no car and wearing only a hospital gown in the early hours of the morning. My sister was also turned away. It turned out she really did have appendicitis, which I also may have had but had to recover on my own, so the appendix doesn't burst in every case. Or in this case it could have been Mrs. Oleson so who cares?
Season 6, episode 7: in the chase scene where Albert has fainted while holding the reins, the fake reins he is holding can be seen along with a second set of reins which is actually controlling the horses.
Season 6, episode 8: the type of box springs on Mr. Edwards's bed wouldn't have been available on the frontier in the 1880s. The electric chair was conceived of in 1881 but not used until 1889.
Season 6, episode 4: Caroline stops the wagon, puts on the brake, picks up a letter, and then starts the wagon with the brake still on.
Season 6, episode 1: Laura calls Albert "Little Lord Fauntleroy." <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i> was not published until 1886. They can't be up to 1886 here unless they have done another three-year forward skip.
Season 6, episode 2: Charles claims he was out of school at age 12 working to support his family as "man of the family." This makes no sense as he has a father and older brother still living when he is an adult. There could be an explanation but it is not given.
Season 5, episode 23: Doctor Baker says anthrax isn't contagious in the same way as smallpox so people can help their sick relatives. Then he tells Charles and Jonathan not to touch the sick sheep barehanded because they could pick it up that way. Why could people get anthrax by touching the sick sheep barehanded and not by touching the sick people barehanded?
And I thank you for that.
Season 5, episode 20 nitpicks: Andy left the lantern by the side of the barn, presumably starting the fire, but when the family discovers it, the middle of the barn is blazing and the side where the lantern was appears to have little or no flames or damage.
The ice in the icehouse wouldn't be uncovered, but packed tightly in sawdust. Of course they left it uncovered to show it was an icehouse.
Season 5, episode 17: Laura gives a boy a peanut butter sandwich. This is one of a number of references to peanut butter, which was not sold until 1904.
Some people have noted that peanut paste was available a little earlier and that people may even have made their own, but the extreme unlikeliness of even peanuts let alone peanut butter being available on the frontier still qualifies this as an error.
This movie had this effect on a lot of people.
Coming back to answer my own question. The book explicitly states they started out in winter as they had to make it across a frozen lake before the ice broke up. The ice broke up that night, right after they crossed.
Just wonder if he covered all his bases there or encroached on their territory.
Season 5, episode 14: Carrie meets an imaginary friend who tells her her name is Alyssa. Carrie says, "I never heard a name like that before." Carrie previously knew a girl named Alicia. Carrie isn't too bright.
These are good observations.
Season 5, episode 7: some of the cattle wear metal ear tags, first used in the United States for pigs as early as 1895. It is still supposed to be around 1881.
Season 5, episode 1: It's hard to tell at such a distance, but that looks like Jack trotting after the wagon. Jack has died and been replaced by Bandit by this time.
Season 5, episode 3: Laura states the date as November 29, 1880, although it aired in 1978, only a little over two years after the one aired in 1976 set in 1876. Season 5, episode 5 states the date as July 4, which must be 1881 unless they have gone backwards in time (again).
Season 5, episode 5: Mary says, "Look at me" to Charles and then says it again. How did she know he was not looking at her, particularly the second time when she'd already said it?
The mean boss complains about losing Saturday business due to a July 4 fireworks display. July 4 in 1881 was a Monday.
Adoptive parents, yes.
Yes, that is the episode you describe. I haven't found any full length Little House episodes on YouTube. They are on Freevee but WATCH THEM QUICK! There are rumors that Freevee will be gone as soon as this month. After that Little House can only be watched through paid subscriptions or on DVD. You might ask your library to order the DVDs.
Reminds me of the story of the high school girl who told her teacher Mark Twain wanted to be an airplane pilot. The student was so insistent the teacher sent her to the library to prove it. The student reentered the room crawling. It had turned out Twain wanted to be a steamboat pilot.