February 2010
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Kara Lindsay Takes Leave of Absence from “Little House”
The stage Laura is leaving the “Little House” musical for a few weeks and her understudy will take over.
The Long Winter, Ch. 10: Three Days’ Blizzard
Almanzo makes pancakes, thinks about protecting his seed wheat, and recalls how he said “You can put me down as 21.”
Issue 16, Winter 2009-2010
What you’ll find in Issue 16 (Winter 2009-2010) of the Homesteader newsletter.
Walnut Grove’s Making a Classroom Cookbook
Nicole Elzenga, Collections Manager at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, tells Beyond Little House that the museum is working on another cookbook to add to their collection. (“Tastes of Plum Creek: Volume II” was published in 2005 and is still currently available in the Walnut Grove gift store and online.)
The Walnut Grove
The Long Winter, Chapter 9: Cap Garland
Remember when Laura and Carrie got stuck in the blizzard on the way home from school and Cap walked off into the swirling snow?
A Word from Willie
“They can’t ride on my velocipede!”
The phrase springs into my head upon the mere mention of the name Willie Oleson.
Willie is a fun character, I think. Like the character of Nellie, Willie in the book series is a composite of more than one real boy. (Although the Plum Creek Willie was surely based on Willie
Fun in Mankato and Walnut Grove
Oh, I’m so excited. We’ve got some details to add about the Walnut Grove field trip and activities in Mankato this summer during LauraPalooza.
First, two Walnut Grove natives, Denise Tietz and Catherine DeBates, are public relations students in my department at MSU. They’ve taken on the task of organizing activities for those who want to
Homesteader’s New Numbering System
The Homesteader newsletter about Laura Ingalls Wilder has changed to a more simplified numbering system.














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