Melissa Gilbert said that this was her favorite episode because it best represented the relationship between herself and Michael Landon in real life.
The plot point of Laura climbing a mountain to ask God for a miracle was reworked from a Bonanza (1959) episode, "All Ye His Saints", which featured Clint Howard and Rodolfo Acosta.
Charles Frederic is the name that appears in the Ingalls family Bible; Laura always wrote his name as "Freddy," He was born November 1, 1875, in Walnut Grove (Redwood County) Minnesota, the fourth child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls.