Almanzo Wilder

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Almanzo Wilder
Played by	Dean Butler
Gender	Male
Debut	Back to School (Part 1)
Occupation	Farmer, miller

Almanzo James Wilder is the husband of Laura Ingalls, and the father of Rose. Almanzo moved to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza-Jane, who taught at the school. This is where Laura Ingalls first met Almanzo, whom she quickly took an attraction to; as did Nellie. The two competed for Almanzo's attention, which led Nellie to invite him over for dinner at her restaurant. Laura volunteered to do the cooking, which was cinnamon chicken. Laura however substituted the ingredients and used Cajun pepper instead of cinnamon, this cut the dinner drastically short.

After misleading Laura on an upcoming test, Nellie and her engage in a wrestling match in the mud. Almanzo breaks up the fight and takes Laura back to get her cleaned up. Later, after being told a twisted version of Laura's whereabouts Charles and Jonathan go to Almanzo's house, and after seeing Laura in Almanzo's robe Charles assumes the worse and punches Almanzo; before getting any worse, Laura explained the situation.

Laura and Almanzo eventually do get married and remain in Walnut Grove. Later, Almanzo fell ill and during a hailstorm he races outside and begins to go numb; Almanzo suffered a stroke from this and bitterly resigned life as a cripple for a time. The birth of their daughter Rose still doesn't help matters. Only to make matters worse, a tornado levels their home leaving Laura injured and becomes embittered in self pity just as Almanzo.

Almanzo made the decision to get better and eventually did.

After those events Almanzo's brother Royal arrives in Walnut Grove with his daughter Jenny. Royal tells them that he is terminally ill and the reason he came to Walnut Grove is so Jenny could get to know her adoptive parents.

Laura and Almanzo did adopt Jenny and lived together in Walnut Grove.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Dean Butler portrayed Almanzo in all of his appearances.