The fact that there was no railroad in Walnut Grove, when the railroad was the reason Walnut Grove exists. The idea that Walnut Grove had existed for forty years before the Ingalls came, when it was nowhere near that old, and the idea that old people had lived there for years. I sometimes suspect the show was inspired by Tom Sawyer and Hannibal as much as Laura Ingalls Wilder.
That there's a sawmill in town, although the TV town at least has trees; the real Walnut Grove didn't (except for the grove).
The idea that railroad men on the show could be "old-timers" when the railroads weren't old.
That Walnut Grove got telephone lines in about 1879 when the invention didn't spread to areas like the real Mankato until the early 1900's.

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The sammich was invented in England like 100 year before, buna
Peanut butter didn't become commercially popular until 1894. I suppose those prairie geniuses could have made their own, however.
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The sammich was invented in England like 100 year before, buna

In the runaway train episode, Charles gives Mary a peanut butter sandwich, even though it wasn't invented until 1890.

just thinking the idea of the /airplane/ was around in the 1400's thanks to Leonardo davinci.
the workable design might have came from the wright brothers.
and, really paper airplanes are ORIGAMI which is an ancient Japanese art form.
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Almost ALL of the males characters, especially the boys had 70'sish hairstyles. Maybe because Michael Landon liked his hair "modern". So, why not everybody?
Also, the number of "one hit wonders" they managed to use is such an epic series and still maintain reality throughout.
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Didn't Willie make a paper airplane in the epidode with the visiting rich cousin?

Probably. The show should have been titled: Enormous Anachronisms On The Prairie
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I believe most of the anachronisms were intentional. Landon was likely more concerned with humor than historical accuracy.
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Thanks. It seems that there is not much in the way of television/movie discussions at this site, with the General Discussion subforum being the most active.
I didn’t read the entire thread, but was referring to the closing scene when Laura was running with her arms straight out, like a plane/bird.
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Since you're the only recent poster here, I'll reply to you.
That Brooklyn was a "burro" of New York City. LHOP was set in the 1870s and it didn't happen for about twenty more years.
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You've never seen a bird gliding?
Yes. Also, the Germans already had air powered aircraft, or gliders, by the late 19th century.
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Apparently that is what Melissa told Landon when he had concerns that she was imitating an airplane when airplanes wouldn't have been invented in the LHOP times.

You've never seen a bird gliding?

but her arms weren't flapping!
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Laura was pretending to be a bird.

Laura pretending to be an airplane in the closing credits, even though the first airplane wouldn't be invented for another 25 years.

The laser cannon in the vcreeper of walnut grove. WHOOOOOOREEESSS! (sorry Tourette's). when mrs olsom fired it and atomized that DIRTY BITCH Laura.

SAYING THE WORD PREGNANT IN CASUAL CONVERSATION!!!!!!!!!!!
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Allowing a pregnant, married woman to continue teaching.

Andy Garvey had feathered hair, and so did several other boys in the show.

A little known fact:
Charles invented the blow-dryer in 1874. It was a complex contraption that consisted of a blacksmith's bellows connected to the forge. Two people were necessary to operate it; one needed to regulate the heat from the forge as the other person pumped the bellows in the direction of the client's hair.
It was not without its problems. Charles was involved in a mishap while the device was in the early stages of development. He ended up permanently singeing off his beard, which explains why he always appeared to be clean-shaven.
Plans to patent his invention were hindered when the blacksmith's business was bought out by some strange fellow with an affinity for clown masks. Charles soon abandoned all plans of marketing his device, and went back to attempting to grow a wheat crop.

Charles' weeping was unusual for a man in 1970's television, let alone, in the 1800s.

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charles weeping openly. would have constituted an ass kicking back then.
treating blind and negro folk like regular people.
bras for caroline supplied by Lily of France and Victoria's secret.
Mr montague trained at the mayo clinic as if it was an impressive piece of his resume that didn't open until 1890.
write the crotchety baby crying into the scene [grace and rose were always whiny] and instead of just swapping Ashley for Mary Kate.
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