An excited Mary Ingalls accompanies her father to the Chicago Grange Convention to surprise her true love, John Edwards, by accepting his invitation to a cotillion in person. But, surprises are in store for everyone as both Charles and Mary experience a trip very different from the one they each expected.—shepherd1138
Charles travels to Chicago to attend a Grange Convention. The Grange, founded in 1867, opposed the manufacturing and processing monopolies that fixed grain and livestock prices at a disadvantage to farmers. They also protested the high railroad freight rates farmers had to pay to get their products to market. Within two years, Minnesota had 40 Grange chapters and a state organization.
