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Laurapalooza Video Blog – Last Day Part 2

Sarah Uthoff — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:17:42 +0000

Laurapalooza Trip Diary – Last Day Part 2

Sadly we come to the end of the Laurapalooza Trip. On the way home we pass several of the places I mentioned in the And One More on the Way posts. I have a couple more to go back and post that I had to temporarily skip, but I appreciate you watching me. Please pass the word if you enjoyed them and they have been so popular that I think I’ll have to try another one before the next Laurapalooza.

Take leave of Walnut Grove, Minnesota and go past several And One More on the Way sites.

And One More on the Way: McCone Sodhouses

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/07/10/on-the-way-mccone-sodhouses

And One More on the Way: Native Americans

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/07/09/on-way-native-american-sites

And One More on the Way: Sign by Windom, Minnesota

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/07/11/outside-of-windom-mn

And One More on the Way: Blue Earth, Minnesota

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/06/13/jolly-green-giant

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Laurapalooza Video Blog – Last Day Part 1

Sarah Uthoff — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:50:47 +0000

Laurapalooza Trip Diary – Last Day Part 1

Very sadly we start the last day of my Laurapalooza Trip. We take a quick look around Walnut Grove and then in Part 2 will head for home. The editing kind of clips off Sandra’s last word. She is saying that she (lucky girl) was heading on West to De Smet as did many of the Laurapalooza attendees. Sadly I wasn’t among them.

Walnut Grove Museum, Dugout Monument and Dugout Site.

Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.

Laurapalooza Video Diary – Walnut Grove Part 2

Sarah Uthoff — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:10:37 +0000

Laurapalooza Trip Diary – Walnut Grove Part 2

This is the continuation of our tour in Walnut Grove. It features a visit to the Dugout site and downtown Walnut Grove, including the pageant supper.

And One More on the Way: Fond Memories

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2010/07/08/and-one-more-fond-memories

Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.

Laurapalooza Video Diary – Walnut Grove Part 1

Sarah Uthoff — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:25:11 +0000

Laurapalooza Trip Diary – Walnut Grove Part 1

I made it to Walnut Grove in time to take the Step On Tour with the group with Rennae Krentz. It’s a different experience then visiting yourself and I urge everybody to try a step on guide one time anyway. Includes Pa’s church bell, actual walnut grove town is named for, and pageant grounds.

http://www.walnutgrove.org

Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.

And One More on the Way: Fond Memories

Sarah Uthoff — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:20:12 +0000

Fond Memories

I always urge everyone to take the time to walk around a Laura homesite towns because you just can’t get a proper feel for them speeding through in a car.

One of the nifty things you can find walking around the town of Walnut Grove is Fond Memories Antique Shop. A recent comment on the post about the Walnut Grove schedule for the conference asked about the scrapbooking store and this is it.

Find them in the old creamery co-op building. The beautiful building was once where area farmers brought in their milk for processing. It’s located just across from the old Walnut Grove Tribune building that between the discovery of Walnut Grove’s Laura connection in the 1940s (with the arrival of Garth Williams who was working on his re-illustration of the series and Laura herself had told him that’s the town where it was set) and the opening of the museum in the early 1970s was the main stopping place for anybody looking for Laura’s Walnut Grove connection.

Sign and side of Fond Memories

Fond Memories is part scrapbooking store and part antique store and I’ve been very pleased with my purchases from both halves. They have a lovely large craft/scrapbooking department. They have lots of unique items, including some exclusive Laura themed rubber stamps that I simply adore. In the antique half I once found a copy of Little Betty’s Cookbook AND Little Betty’s Sewing Book in incredible condition. (If anybody asks, I’ll tell you all about the marvelous Little Betty sometime.) I also found some great Hereford salt and pepper shakers a few years ago and just last year a marvelous old Lake Pepin postcard. They make it easy for you to follow what’s going on with them.

And while you are all geared up for Walnut Grove, read again about wading in Plum Creek.

Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.

This just in … The Walnut Grove Itinerary

Amy Lauters — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:39:58 +0000

From our trip coordinator (Walnut Grove native and Mass Comm student) Denise Tietz:

Laurapalooza 2010

Saturday July 17

Walnut Grove, MN

Itinerary

About 2 p.m.: Arrive in Walnut Grove

11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: **Family Festival, Walnut Grove City Park

**Art Exhibit 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

**Museum Tours All day until pageant starts

3:30 p.m. Dean Butler Speaks, Museum

4 p.m. Load at WG School for bus tour to Plum Creek.

6 p.m. Pageant Supper

8 p.m. LIW Pageant Singers, Pageant site

9-9:30 p.m. Start (Dusk) LIW Pageant

**These activities are interchangeable.

Amy here: All ticketed items were included in the trip fee, and those who registered for the trip will have a special stamp on their name tags indicating they’ve paid for Walnut Grove. We’ve left plenty of time in the schedule for shopping, looking, and enjoying the area.

Looking forward to it!
Amy

Walnut Grove Field Trip Itinerary

Sandra Hume — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:41:43 +0000

Laura Whitaker, one of the LauraPalooza registrants (and longtime subscriber to the Homesteader) asked Beyond Little House about an itinerary for the Walnut Grove field trip. I don’t think we have an official schedule with times associated with it as of yet, but there is this post to refer to about that’s day’s activities in Walnut Grove.

Farmgirls Do the Circuit

Sarah Uthoff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:52:29 +0000

Lake Pepin Beach

A women’s club named the Farmgirls has decided to do a Laura trip/service project. It started with one chapter, but grew to include members from multiple groups. They are doing a link of the entire Laura homesite loop, but they aren’t just visiting the Laura sites. Instead they are doing a volunteer project to help the organization at each one. Some people are making the entire loop. Others are just going to visit a few of the stops.

They are keeping a blog of their experiences here:

http://farmgirlsontheloose.blogspot.com

Read news stories below -

Walnut Grove Stop:

http://marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/517220.html?nav=5015

De Smet Stop:

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100608/COLUMNISTS0113/6080304/Callison-Farmgirls-on-the-Loose-

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BLH Contributor in FamilyFun Magazine: “Little Trip on the Prairie” (June/July 2010)

Sandra Hume — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:40:09 +0000

Do you subscribe to FamilyFun magazine? If so, turn to page 47 in the current issue, which is June/July 2010. I wrote a “Family Getaways” story about visiting the Little House sites in Pepin, Wanut Grove, and De Smet. Lots of photos of the sites–including one of me and my son wading in Plum Creek!

(No, I’m sorry — I looked, but the story is not online.)

Walnut Grove’s Making a Classroom Cookbook

Beyond Little House — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:09:09 +0000

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 Retail Committee is putting together a brand-new cookbook containing recipes submitted by school classrooms who have visited the museum. The museum is asking for classes to hold recipe contests, then randomly draw one of these recipes to submit to the museum for publication. (The rest of the recipes can then be held for a class recipe book.)

Email the winning recipe, including title, ingredients, and directions, to lauramuseum@walnutgrove.org by February 25 (yes, short notice). One recipe from each school will be published in the cookbook along with the school’s name, grade and graduation year.

All those who submit recipes will be eligible for a drawing for a free cookbook, so include your name, address, and phone number as well.

Anyone with questions is encouraged to contact Nicole Elzenga at the museum at 859-2358.