Little House on the Prairie: Season 9, Episode 3

9 - 3: Welcome to Olesonville

Looking to clean up Lars Hanson's old house in hopes to sell it for a nice profit, Mrs. Olsen stumbles across an old bearer bond. Instead of cashing it in and bankrupting Walnut Grove, she decides to use that bond to call in favors for her family – starting with changing the name of the town. However, when she coerces Nels into running for mayor, Laura and the others on the town council uses a bit of gossip to convince Almonzo run against him.