Dean Butler helps to preserve Almanzo Wilder's boyhood home

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Almanzo Wilder, whose boyhood inspired his wife Laura Ingalls Wilder to write the book "Farmer Boy," grew up in Malone, New York. The actor known for portraying Almanzo on the NBC TV series "Little House on the Prairie" often pays a visit to the farm, to make sure the property is respected and in good repair. almanzowilderfarm.com
This "Spotlight" segment is produced by Paul Larson, and premiered on the program Mountain Lake Journal. Videography by Will Houle and Ben Carstens of Local 44. "Spotlight" is made possible, in part, by the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, dedicated to improving the quality of life for year-round residents of the Adirondack Park. www.pearsallfoundation.org
Spotlight is also supported by Hill & Hollow Music. hillandhollowmusic.org

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@garymoore7481 5 лет назад

That permanent smile on his face is infectious. What a nice, good man.

@smallfootprint2961 5 лет назад

How wonderful of him to give back like this. So much respect.

@andrebeck1444 4 года назад

Dean Butler has been an ambassador to the legacy of Little House on the Prairie. He's also helped keep Michael Landon's LHOP legacy alive. Great guy.

@cindythecatwoman1601 4 года назад

It seems fitting that Dean Butler would be preserving the Wilder farm. He's a good actor and great man. I have to go there someday.

@kevinandrews3323 3 года назад

He's only doing it for the money. He thinks he's better than anybody else.

@ParallaxView111 3 года назад

@@kevinandrews3323 that's rather negative. You don't think a person can love and appreciate something? Perhaps you are judging others buy yourself.

@nathalieferrando4294 4 месяца назад

Vraiment langue de jaloux c'est horrible ..vous avez ratez vôtre vie pour etre jaloux et médisant à ce point...c'est sûr. 🙏!@@kevinandrews3323

@okmjtmm 4 года назад

I was blown away hearing Laura's voice!! Dean Butler, thank you for preserving something that has touched your very soul. America and the world thanks you!

@DarcieGlam 4 года назад

He still has that wonderful smile. So glad to see that he is committed to the preservation of this place. Such a huge part of our growing up!

@grandmasfavorites 4 года назад

Dean seems so happy and I'm happy to see him enjoying life.

@emilymalden3310 3 года назад

He has aged well.

@yaelrar.4460 5 лет назад

God bless you Dean for saving our American heritage.

@The100katiebbug 5 лет назад

Thank you Dean Butler for all you do to keep our American History as it should be!!!

@roxyc4438 4 года назад

This is what good people do with their celebrity. Love this. :)

@thorgrootsweetrabbit2244 4 года назад

He has a purpose so he'll probably live a long life, a class act.

@anitabrimage6867 2 года назад

I love that little red house

@kck9742 4 года назад

Dean Butler seems like such a nice guy, and it's wonderful that he cares so much about the Wilder homestead; it's almost like he has a spiritual connection to the real Almanzo.

@stalstonestacy4316 5 лет назад

I had no idea there was a recording of Laura! It blessed my heart to physically hear the voice I have imagined in my mind for all these years

@heatherarcher8624 5 лет назад

Stacy Stalstone oh my gosh! How did you get to hear it?

@swedishgirl666 5 лет назад

@@heatherarcher8624 it was in the clip here

@heatherarcher8624 5 лет назад

swedishgirl666 my bad thanks

@debbiepotter6413 5 лет назад

That was great

@AutumnMarston 4 года назад

Stacy Stalstone, I know how you feel! I’ve always imagined what Laura’s lovely voice may sound like in real - life. It really warmed my heart to know what it sounded like!! 😄😊

@SteviePaints 5 лет назад

God bless Michael Landon for giving the world this wonderful legacy. It’s a shame he didn’t live long enough to see the enduring impact that Little House has had on the entire world.

@kevinwilliams9190 5 лет назад

Michael Landon did not give the world the legacy of The Little House legacy......Laura Ingalls Wilder gave the world that legacy.....Michael Landon gave the world a Hollywood version of said legacy, a version that does not follow the stories told in the book series but very little....

@SteviePaints 5 лет назад

kevin williams Sounds like you need to troll a political forum.

@kevinwilliams9190 5 лет назад

@@SteviePaints sounds like you need to go to a library and pick up a book......lol...

@susanb2015 4 года назад

He knew. He said that years later people would still be watching Little House on the Prairie. He knew it was a great show. And we are!

@susanb2015 4 года назад

@@kevinwilliams9190 So what if the show was made up. It was only "based on" the books. Why all the TV show haters?

@kathrynjordan8782 4 года назад

Thank you, Dean, for preserving the Wilder Home in New York.

@abigalebuss359 5 лет назад

We were bugged to death everytime someone said 'Almonzo' instead of 'Almanzo'! I am glad he told the story behind that.

@kathymyers7279 4 года назад

Some people still understand what's really important in this world. God bless this man.

@jlynnshow5923 5 лет назад

so awesome. I was totally in love with him as a child. I wanted a man like that to marry...lol

@TheresaG21 5 лет назад

Same here.I was madly in love with "Manly".

@Tranquility32 4 года назад

... and I hope you did find someone like him. ❤️

@sheilas1283 4 года назад

Jennifer Showalter Me too!!!!

@Bailey_G 4 года назад

Wasn't my very 1st TV crush but I definitely had a BIG crush on him.

@imari2305 4 года назад

Jennifer Showalter girl who you telling lol!!

@helenhicks7542 5 лет назад

It's blown my mind hearing laura speak, what a shame she didn't do an interview, she'd never beleave how famous she'd be all over the world. ..

@uscitizen7665 3 года назад

In reading numerous biographies of her, Laura was shy in public which continued into adulthood. If you listen closely, her interview seems to be scripted, of which there is nothing wrong with that.

@helenhicks7542 3 года назад

@@uscitizen7665 I guess even snippets of a scripted interview is better than nothing, im still trying to imagine a younger voice, i watched the little house series here in UK and was fascinated when i found out there was a real Laura, got every book now 😊🙋‍♀️

@lydialangfordjoiner765 5 лет назад

Thank you, Dean! You are great in that role and now at what you’re doing! We are grateful.

@jessiem276 4 года назад

Dean's a very nice person! God bless him 💙

@tommyhodges2105 4 года назад

I really like him. He is so sweet and cute.

@NB-ky5ol 4 года назад

I am reading the books to my young daughter and as I do I am gaining a whole new appreciation for the life and authorship of Laura Wilder. I love history of the American Frontier and I hope we continue to pass it down.

@penelopepurr 5 лет назад

Mr Butler, What a great job. A true historian and humble appreciation of what he has been given by his work. Much respect.

@plawton35 4 года назад

I can't believe there's a recording of Laura's voice. That's awesome.

@justforyouenjoy 5 лет назад

He's such a nice guy

@Erin.56 2 года назад

He’s cute and nice

@taylorgilmore853 6 лет назад

He came to visit us in De Smet South Dakota last year and was fantastic to chat with.

@cherylwilliams667 4 года назад

Santina Murphy If they want and need donations, it does not make sense that they would insult their potential supporters.

@janeiwasduncan8463 4 года назад

There is a church there that Pa Ingles help build. It is still being used as a very active church.⛪⛪

@shirleymiller4219 4 года назад

TaylorLynn donuts_deadlifts_daddyissues must be neat to live there and so much history of your town in Laura’s books. Always wondered how the people of De Smet felt when they were totally left out of the tv series. Especially since the last five books of her series centered in De Smet

@emilymalden3310 3 года назад

Where is it located?

@MaryWhiteWolf 5 лет назад

So pleased that Dean Butler is so involved and committed. I always loved his character in the tv series as a young girl. I have the entire collection of Little House books and would love for him to sign them. :-)

@Erin.56 2 года назад

I would love him to sign my Farmer boy book

@lisah25 5 лет назад

God bless you Dean!!

@wendyburke2210 5 лет назад

Good for him!! So great that he's giving back

@ellengill514 5 лет назад

Farmer Boy was actually my favorite book.

@kathypetersen4694 6 лет назад

So cool that he is involved and interested. good on ya Dean Butler.

@mississippimud7046 4 года назад

I started watching LH back in the 70's from the first episode I was hooked and never missed a show .this show helped me with the grief I felt after losing my mama ,it gave me something to look forward to every week .💕

@JB-pd4ni 4 года назад

I have a feeling Almanzo, Laura and Rose would be delighted to know their family's tales helped you with such a difficult event.

@MrJacMac1968 4 года назад

LHOP was NBC’s answer to CBS’s The Walton’s.

@reneerene7842 4 года назад

What a treasure Dean Butler is, and for him to preserve this iconic piece America's history benefits us culturally and from a historical perspective.

@maybee... 4 года назад

Almanzo is still handsome!!! Little House on the Prairie was one of my favorite shows, along with the Walton's, we were treated with wholesome entertainment.

@thelastminmom5251 5 лет назад

Omg...this made me so so happy. My family adores little house, and to see Dean so involved is amazing and heart warming. He’s very special. Just like all the cast of that wonderful show. Bonnet head for life!

@peachesb-georgia1125 5 лет назад

I really liked your character on The Little House...

@missfitt3dp 5 лет назад

I could watch Little House everyday. I'm so pleased that you took to preserving and teaching about Mr. Wilder's early days, Mr. Butler. Thank you

@viviennepopek 5 лет назад

All children should be brought up on The Little House on the Prairie and the world would be sooo much better. 👍💞❤️💞👍

@awheawharepapa2867 5 лет назад

This is so cool its 2019, I watch little house every day.

@barbmcmillan2893 5 лет назад

Lol me too!!

@eliasportillo2859 4 года назад

Me too

@rebekahhesketh1220 2 года назад

This video makes me want to read ALL the Little House books again! 😊

@maddygutierrez7985 5 лет назад

I love 'Manly' so good to see the home. Dean still looks the same. I will go see this farm some day.

@kimbradley9595 5 лет назад

That's great he was always great on the show and I'm so happy that the house is still standing

@margiemasih2198 5 лет назад

Thank GOD for u dean Butler.i loved those books and anything to do with laura ingalls wilder. My 5th grade teacher read the whole set to us.oh they were good.and still are.i have the set myself and other books.

@MissyP2871 5 лет назад

This is amazing and awsome and humbling !!

@pattycrane9907 6 лет назад

Such an interesting look at Wilder's boyhood home and how they are preserving it. Amazing how interest in this beloved series and the books is still a favorite of so many children and adults. Thank you, Paul Larson!

@gingerdurbin2726 3 года назад

“Happy Birthday... sweet 16.” I melt like butter. Dean Butler has the light of Christ.

@arizonaskye3917 3 года назад

I love this man's characteristics. He is sincere.

@shannonturney9045 5 лет назад

I hope to go there someday! I got to visit Almanzo and Laura’s house in Mansfield. Loved it! Got to see the writing desk where she wrote the Little House books and Pa’s fiddle. I have all the Little House books and I watch Little House almost every day.

@agemoth 5 лет назад

Shannon Turney wow, I'll have to check that out! I was so upset when they blew up 'Walnut Grove'... Can you imagine what an awesome tourist destination that could have been??

@shannonturney9045 5 лет назад

Lorraine Hall oh I know right!! Would’ve been a great place to visit!!!

@LadyDragonsblood 4 года назад

Did you go to the cemetery and visit their graves? Laura, Almanzo and Rose are all buried there. We went there after touring the home and museum. It is a WONDERFUL place!

@LadyDragonsblood 4 года назад

@@agemoth The Walnut Grove on TV was just a studio set. The Ingalls actually didn't live in the real Walnut Grove very long. Most of the things that happened later in the TV show, like meeting Almonzo happened in DeSmet. Like anything.... the books are the books and tv and movies are their own thing.... and twain the two shall meet.

@Erin.56 2 года назад

I saw the Mansfield MO house too. As well as the De smet SD one and the walnut grove MN one!

@AV-gu3cu 4 года назад

God Bless You Dean Butler... Thank You for your contribution in keeping Manly’s legacy alive to bless so many others.♥️

@adrianagauna881 5 лет назад

So good Almanzo !😘😘😘

@michaelschwab9806 Год назад

Dean Butler hadn't changed a bit.. he's so humble just like the way he looks..continued keeping the story of the Wilder's alive forever..keep up the fight Dean!

@szqsk8 Год назад

It’s nice to see someone who is working to protect our American heritage and history instead of trying to demean it or erase it. I grew up on the Little House books and still cherish those stories.

@an-tm3250 5 лет назад

Imagine, someone from Hollywood who isn't scr*wed up!

@wenesdae 4 года назад

hes from canada

@cynthiamerrick2335 4 года назад

I would like to say there are many actors who are not messed up I have had the honor to meet them I have the pleasure to email one and talk by phone to another many times.. Wenesdae Canada is just a hop skip and a jump from here. There are many places along the road you can look over into Canada.

@clairieannie1 4 года назад

An-T M that is a silly statement. Do you read the newspapers or watch the news...local as well as national? The vast majority of the rapes, murders, pedophile cases, drug cases and other terrible goings on are committed by plain non Hollywood people. The only difference is the publicity factor. There are thousands and thousands of people in the movie business. Families like Ron Howard’s...three generations of actors who have lived their lives, worked hard, stayed married and raised good kids. Guess what? Their stories don’t make the news do they? Nobody makes the news for just getting up and going to work every day, paying the mortgage and going to parents night at school. Stay in the theater at the end of a movie sometime and read all the names of the hundreds of people who worked on it...99% of them unknown to you.

@carollund8251 4 года назад

@@clairieannie1 Excellent post.

@cathypeterson4527 5 лет назад

Wow that is awesome

@kathrynjordan8782 4 года назад

I am glad that Dean Butler is preserving the Wilder Homestead.

@kimberlywiederhold627 3 года назад

Thank you Mr. Butler for helping to keep history alive.

@AV-gu3cu 4 года назад

God Bless You Dean Butler You are a PRECIOUS man!

@pamelav4628 2 года назад

Dean Butler is such a great man.

@merricat3025 5 лет назад

Didn't know this place existed.

@billmcdonald7653 5 лет назад

Laura Ingalls Wilder was my distant cousin

@catlady5862 5 лет назад

Good for Dean Butler. It just shows that Dean Butler just wasn't just interested in little house tv show.

@sweetestgalKathleen 5 лет назад

How Wonderful!

@AlbertaRose94 3 года назад

I loved how Almanzo respected Laura and helped her rebel against the town.

@lakb45 4 года назад

I think Almanzo had great courage! He and Laura seemed to be an excellent match. I’ve been to Mansfield, MO, but would love to see Almanzo’s home. Dean Butler is a blessing to history!

@jillv4006 10 месяцев назад

A testament to the craftsmanship back then that those buildings still stand. Dean Butler seems so caring and appreciative of what LHOP has meant for his career. Thanks for clearing up the name mystery!

@johnwright691 3 года назад

Dean Butler is a caring and loving man that cares about the wilders.

@an-tm3250 5 лет назад

Thank you Dean. You have helped keep these treasures memories alive for so many of us & those yet to be born.

@laurenshannon2703 11 месяцев назад

How kind to honor Almanzo's life and Laura's inspiration for Farmer Boy. What an amazing view into the lives of these hardworking, noble people who leave such a legacy. Dean is a good man to invest his efforts to preserve this place for succeeding generations.

@Prieze868 2 года назад

Very handsome Dean Butler

@moonbeam7702 Год назад

WOW!!! I was so impressed by the end of this video that Dean Butler has taken an interest in the Wilder Farm. I can’t help but feel that Almanzo would have approved of and endorsed Dean’s willingness to help such a worthy cause 😊❤️

@mrmrsralphiesasmr777 4 года назад

We just bought the complete season of Little House on the Prairie just last winter and have watched the entire set already. Loved all actors and actresses. He’s still so young looking 👏👏😊😊

@angelab.3245 5 лет назад

Thank you Mr. Butler.

@apaloniafaith 6 лет назад

I want to visit the farm 😊😊😊

@sazfretz1945 4 года назад

We here in Reading, PA have our own "Little House" TV show tie--Lucy Lee Flippen. She is a descendant of its publisher, William S. Flippin.

@Erin.56 2 года назад

And she was born in Phila!

@theflossi56 5 лет назад

Great guy

@roseannjones4638 4 года назад

I LOVE THAT SHOW I STILL WATCH IT EVERY DAY

@mcook2596 4 года назад

What channel is it on, and where are you located? I love that series but can't find it on TV anymore. I live in MA

@3piper 4 года назад

That is so likable.He truly loves his Wilder fans

@sheilas1283 4 года назад

Dean seems like a sweetheart. I always loved him in that role.

@margiemasih982 4 года назад

My fifth grade teacher introduced us to Laura's books.i can still see her reading every afternoon to us.i was in the fifth grade at Dalton city school,illinois

@ofeliaaquino5093 4 года назад

GOD BLESS YOU DEAN BUTLER. I LOVE WATCHING THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER.

@RickAiello Год назад

I’ve always loved his commitment to the Little House stories, series, and families. Dean Butler is awesome!

@diane7352 4 года назад

I never knew. How cool. Grew up with Little House. Great family show.

@Ann-ko1yn 3 года назад

Thank you Dean Butler for keeping the memory alive and helping to preserve a bit of history. You played the part very well in the series.

@leebailey3990 5 лет назад

What amazing guy

@robinsmith2884 4 года назад

Everybody loves Dean Butler, rightly so.

@murieltainter5936 4 года назад

I loved this show and Manly was one of my favs on it....loved Mrs Olsen too. This is a great project.

@tussah8874 5 лет назад

I loved Farmer Boy! My favorite episode was the sheep shearing. Almanzo's job was to carry the fleeces to the storage area. The others were teasing him that they would finish (shearing the sheep) before he finished. So when they took a break, he sneaked an unsheared sheep over to the storage area, and got the last laugh on them. I want to visit the Wilder home one day. I can see it all very clearly, just from the wonderful descriptions in the book.

@Ozefan2580 5 лет назад

I just told the same story from the book last week!

@freedomspromise8519 4 года назад

Farmer Boy has always been my favorite book in the series.

@proudmarinemomma827 4 года назад

Who doesn’t love little house on the prairie?! What an honor to portray one of those amazing family members. God bless him for continuing to carry on the legacy.

@catnip... 3 года назад

What a star he is. I hope at some point I can come over to visit from East London UK. Your doing amazing Dean. 👏

@janetclaireSays Год назад

Dean Butler seems like a great guy and it's so nice that he feels connected to the real Almanzo. Of all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books in the series, "Farmer Boy" was my favorite.

@kaseythomas9646 4 года назад

He's such a nice man! And the show brought so much happiness to my life.

@melaniehefner1098 5 лет назад

What a nice man.

@abigalebuss359 5 лет назад

I got to meet him and some of the cast of "Little House" when they came to Tucson to film the Christmas movie for the show. I wish he'd been at Rocky Ridge when we got to go and visit years later.

@kimberleypetersen3699 11 месяцев назад

I love his parents and their down to earth ways.

@madkittyjoey70 3 года назад

Dean was great as Almanzo in Little House and I think it's fitting that he often visits and makes sure Almanzo's property will always be in good repair.

@luciagervan2992 5 лет назад

I LOVE ALMANZO....

@CG-tm4lq 4 года назад

Love Love Love our "Manly". What a wonderful thing your doing! Fascinating life story of the Wilder's. Thank you for such an extraordinary series "Little House On The Prairie". My favorite all time series 💗

@user-mr2os3ob1v 10 месяцев назад

I read all the little house books 3 times since I was a little girl and that was many times many years ago wonderful. I love them all it's a piece of Americana. That we shouldn't lose we're losing too much else.