McCone Sod House The McCone Sodhouses are just outside of Sanborne, Minnesota, just a mile or so off of Highway 14. Sometimes information about it will say it’s in Sanborne, but that’s deceptive (trust me Vicki Hughes and I drove…
Month: July 2010
And One More on the Way: McCone Sodhouses
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Frontier Homes, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Sanborne MN, Soddies
And One More on the Way: Native American Sites
Pipestone National Monument One thread of the conference looks at the relationship of the “Little House” Books and Native Americans. If you want to make it a thread of your trip too, there are several Native American sites you can…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Catlinite, Hiawatha, Hiawatha pageant, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pipestone, Pipestone MN, Sioux quartzite
Get In Under the Wire With Old Homesteader Pricing
At this very moment, the Homesteader staff is working on new pricing for the newsletter: single issues, subscriptions, and back packages. Once the current edition, Issue 17, Summer 2010, goes to press — in time to share at LauraPalooza —…
And One More on the Way: Fond Memories
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…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Fond Memories, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Walnut Grove, Walnut Grove MN
A Few More Questions About LP Answered:
Is there any room left? We have 151 pre-registered for LauraPalooza. This is quite a jump from my original vision! I have since upgraded the space we’ll use for most events to a larger area–the ballroom–in the Centennial Student Union.…
All Atwitter for Laurapalooza
With just a little over a week to go before LauraPalooza 2010 kicks off, we’re getting a few social media matters in order. First, if you’re on Facebook and are coming to the conference, feel free to stop by the…
Happy Fourth of July
“The ‘Little House’ Books are stories of long ago. Today our way of living and our schools are much different. It has been many years since I beat eggs with a fork, or cleaned a kerosene lamp; many things have…
And One More on the Way: Trains
Here’s another in my series of places you might want to stop at on your way to either the Laurapalooza conference or any other Laura trip. Tracy, MN. Photo by Rebecca Brammer. I must admit I haven’t made it yet…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Currie MN, End of the Line Museum, Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Tracy MN, Wheels Across the Prairie
A Betsy-Tacy Saturday
This was posted in the comments, and I wanted to bring it up to the forefront to make sure everyone saw it: Here is a schedule of events at the Betsy-Tacy houses for Saturday, July 17. The LIW conference events…
And One More on the Way: Lake Benton Windfarm
Windfarm Driving on Highway 14 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway – between Walnut Grove and De Smet takes you right through Lake Benton, Minnesota. While Lake Benton is beautiful and well worth a short stop to stretch your legs…