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DE SMET, S.D. — As a child, obsessed with the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, I had imagined this scene a thousand times: me in a covered wagon pulled by horses, crossing the windswept Dakota ...
In celebration of the upcoming film Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page, American Masters hosted a #ShareYourShelfieContest on social media! Entrants were asked to post the most creative photo ...
On a map, it seems like a ... Road work to impact travel for WIAA state track event in La Crosse; ... You also can tour the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes and Discovery Center.
The 90 years of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life (1867-1957) encompassed the Indian Wars and the Dust Bowl, desperate poverty and near-starvation, and grueling wagon travel across difficult terrain.
Hard-to-find annotated “Pioneer Girl” is part gritty memoir, part Laura Ingalls Wilder encyclopedia. It’s the first time her truly true story has been published, 85 years after she wrote it ...
Wilder always said, she notes, "we need to continue to be inspired by nature and go out into nature." Jim Higgins is the author of "Wisconsin Literary Luminaries: From Laura Ingalls Wilder to Ayad ...
Laura Ingalls was born Feb. 7, 1867, in a log cabin in Pepin, Wis. The family's trip from Pepin to their ultimate destination in De Smet, S.D., would take less than seven hours today; for Laura ...
Laura Ingalls Wilder in the ravine on Rocky Ridge Farm. Photo courtesy of William Anderson Almanzo, Neta Seal and Laura Ingalls Wilder in Yellowstone National Park in May 1938.