Winoka - wikipedia Winoka This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2010 ) Winoka is a fictional town in Dakota Territory, in Michael Landon 's Little House on the Prairie television series. Depiction The fictional locale for Winoka was based upon a much older, bigger, and rowdier town than the slower - paced and real - life Walnut Grove. Winoka had a hotel ( where Charles and Caroline worked, and lived with their children ), a saloon, a bank, a church and three schools : a public school, a private one and a special school for blind students. The schools form football teams, and eventually integrate to play against each other in spirited competition. Plot 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. The Ingalls are accompanied by the Garveys, and all are soon coincidentally joined by the Olesons. Albert Ingalls appears in the series for the first time, being befriended by Laura and the rest of her family. ( Matthew Laborteaux also portrayed a young Charles Ingalls in the season 4 episode `` I Remember, I Remember '', which aired January 23, 1978. ) Life in the crowded, noisy town turns out to be an unpleasant experience for the Ingalls and their friends, so they all decide to move back to Walnut Grove, despite the problems there. Mary stays in Winoka, where she eventually marries Adam. Later, they leave the town as well, when the school for blind students is moved to Walnut Grove. Notes The stay in Winoka was a fictional moment in the series, but it did have some real - life inspiration. The Ingalls did leave Walnut Grove and live in Dakota ( in De Smet, South Dakota ), where they eventually settled for the rest of their lives. They also temporarily lived in a small town in Iowa, named Burr Oak, where Charles and Caroline worked in a hotel. They moved there from Walnut Grove in the summer of 1876 and went back to Walnut Grove the next summer. Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie Books Little House in the Big Woods ( 1932 ) Farmer Boy ( 1933 ) Little House on the Prairie ( 1935 ) On the Banks of Plum Creek ( 1937 ) By the Shores of Silver Lake ( 1939 ) The Long Winter ( 1940 ) Little Town on the Prairie ( 1941 ) These Happy Golden Years ( 1943 ) On the Way Home ( 1962, posthumous ) The First Four Years ( 1971 ) West from Home ( 1974 ) Old Town in the Green Groves ( 2002 ) A Little House Traveler ( 2006 ) Characters Mr. Edwards Nellie Oleson Robert Alden The Wilder Family Other Live - action TV series pilot episodes Animated TV series TV films TV miniseries Musical Little House Wayside Locations Winoka Family Charles Ingalls Caroline Ingalls Mary Ingalls Carrie Ingalls Grace Ingalls Almanzo Wilder Rose Wilder Lane Other Young Pioneers novel pilot miniseries Christmas special Free Land Highway Medal William Anderson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winoka&oldid=685814206 '' Categories : Fictional populated places in the United States Little House on the Prairie ( TV series ) Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from February 2010 All articles lacking sources Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 15 October 2015, at 03 : 54. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the ingalls move to walnut grove
Answer: dispute with the railroads