This article contains episode summaries for the third season of Little House on the Prairie.
Season Summary
In the U.S, original episodes of season three aired between September 27, 1976 to April 4, 1977.
Episodes
- The Collection
- I'll Ride the Wind
- Bunny
- The Race
- The Monster of Walnut Grove
- Journey in the Spring (Part 1)
- Journey in the Spring (Part 2)
- Fred
- The Bully Boys
- The Hunters
- Blizzard
- Quarantine
- Little Girl Lost
- Little Women
- Injun Kid
- To Live With Fear (Part 1)
- To Live With Fear (Part 2)
- The Wisdom of Solomon
- The Music Box
- The Election
- Gold Country (Part 1)
- Gold Country (Part 2)
Season notes
- The beginning of the constant fights/rivalry of Laura and Nellie.
- The love/hate relationship of Harriet and Nels Oleson.
- Laura and Mary attending school for the very first time.
- The birth and death of Charles Frederick Ingalls.
- Settling and daily life in Walnut Grove.
Principal Cast
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
- Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
- Kevin Hagen as Dr. Hiram Baker
- Dabbs Greer as Reverend Robert Alden
- Karl Swenson as Lars Hanson
- Charlotte Stewart as Miss Eva Beadle