Music Man Square Have you ever heard of Meredith Willson, Iowa’s Music Man? Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa and went on to fame and fortune, but never forgot where he was from. In fact the work he is…
Month: June 2010
And One More on the Way: Music Man Square
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Mason City IA, Meredith Willson, The Music Man
Farmgirls Do the Circuit
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 …
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Burr Oak, De Smet -- General, Farmgirls, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Independence, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mansfield, Pepin, Uncategorized, Walnut Grove, Women's Clubs
And One More on the Way: Jolly Green Giant
As part of our conference countdown, I’m going to start a new series of postings of possible places you might want to add to your Wilder conference trip. Some will be Laura related, others are just kind of neat tourist…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Blue Earth MN, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Jolly Green Giant
BLH Contributor in FamilyFun Magazine: “Little Trip on the Prairie” (June/July 2010)
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…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: De Smet -- General, De Smet -- Ingalls Homestead, De Smet -- LIWMS, Pepin, Walnut Grove
Bonnets or Birkenstocks? Clothes at LauraPalooza
One of our members raised an excellent question in an email last week. What should she wear this summer to LauraPalooza? This question, fraught with potential faux pas and challenging for those flying in, deserves a deeper discussion here on…
The Way Melissa Sees It
When Melissa Anderson (no longer desiring to be called Melissa Sue Anderson as her Little House fans know her) published her book, The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House, reactions from fans were…