X-Nico

unusual facts about Walnut Grove


Walnut Grove, Mississippi

The 2006 population estimate had 1,424 residents; this is due to the annexation of the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility.


Leander J. McCormick

He was the fourth of five sons and was raised at the family homestead known as Walnut Grove, near Raphine in Rockbridge County, in the Shenandoah Valley on the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Old Town in the Green Groves

Having endured several years of poor crops and mounting debts in Walnut Grove, the Ingalls family decides to sell their farm and move to Burr Oak, Iowa where Pa has a job offer to help to run a hotel in town.

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Although Plum Creek (in Redwood County, Minnesota) is near the town of Walnut Grove, the name of the town is not mentioned in the book.


see also

Charles H. Tenney

The Tenney Memorial Chapel, designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury, and located within the Walnut Grove Cemetery was dedicated (1927) by Daniel Gleason Tenney in memory of his parents.

James D. Williams

Williams is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery near Monroe City, Indiana cemetery on ground he donated to establish Walnut Grove Methodist Church near his home.

John Yates Beall

He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, now West Virginia, on his father's farm, Walnut Grove.

Joseph R. Grundy

Grundy had a summer home on the Neshaminy Creek called Walnut Grove and one in the city of Bristol.

Sherwood Forest Plantation

In 1842 President John Tyler bought "Walnut Grove" from Collier Minge, his cousin and a local planter, and renamed the plantation "Sherwood Forest," as he likened himself to the story of Robin Hood regarding the Whig party.

Winoka

When a dispute with the railroads causes an economic crisis in Walnut Grove, the Ingalls move to Winoka, to be close to Mary, who went there with Adam Kendall in order to teach at a new school for the blind.