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Year Inducted: 1984
Home State: WS, KS, MI
Matriarch of the Ingalls family, Caroline, although born and raised on the frontier, was an educated and cultured woman. Quiet and gentle, she had five children and was known for her kindness and concern for others. With her husband, she moved to Kansas, then Minnesota where she lost her only son. After spending two years in Iowa, Caroline moved to the Dakota Territory, becoming, without knowing it, the first settlers of De Smet.
