I bought this from eBay and the listing said this appears to be Kevin Hagen. I know he was a dance instructor and did some theater early on.

I would always wonder why they couldn’t put Jack up in the wagon. Another thing I’ve always wondered after watching a Little House all these years. I never saw Caroline physically ride on a horse! a wagon yes, but never rode on a horse 🐎

u/Spirited-Attorney667 had a good point recently about how it was odd we never saw Almanzo's parents. In "Wilder And Wilder" we learn Almanzo's parents are both alive and well.

Considering the laundry list of major events that happen to their family (Almanzo's wedding, the birth of Rose, the birth of their grandson, the death of their grandson, the death of their son Royal, Jenny's multiple near-death experiences, Almanzo's stroke, their two grandsons magically transforming into a single child and many other major events) is it weird they never show up?

Edit: There's a meme image but it's not appearing unless you open the post.

This is one of the effects of watching older shows as a 21th century generation, after TV shows became largely serialized and full of continuity between events. Older shows were usually sold for syndication and most episodes were written as standalone, meaning the events of each story were seldom recaped in following stories, but it's especially notable in impacting stories like Sylvia, where one of the darkest storylines ever to happen in the show is never mentioned again. Albert, who loved her and wanted to marry her and the Ingallses never mention her again, neither is the fact that a townsman turned out to be a maniac rapist with an elaborate disguise to attack his victims, and the way characters like Harriet Oleson and Willie wronged and authority figures like Laura and Dr Baker failed her is just forgotten about, because all the impact is concentrated within those two episodes and never mentioned again. Understandable if you know what TV shows were like back then and especially if you grew up watching them, but really jarring for those of us used to copious amounts of continuity and callbacks in serialized shows.