After the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum displayed their Laura Ingalls Wilder exhibit in 1995 (read more about it here), the next time a display case was dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder there was as part of the American…
Year: 2010
Clove Apples, Little-House Style
Have you ever made yourself a clove apple, Little-House style? Julie over at Crafting a Green World shows us how. Mmm, does that smell good.
Summer 2010 Homesteader Just Posted
With all the hubbub surrounding LauraPalooza, we plumb forgot to post the details of the latest Homesteader. In this case “latest” means summer 2010, which for those counting is Issue 17. The post describing the issue is now up, backdated…
Prairie Politics
Some interesting thoughts on the politics of Little House on the Prairie can be found over at Wuthering Expectations today. Your thoughts?
The Wheat on My Street
So turns out, this street sign is a mere mile from my house. But I rarely drive by that way so I never noticed it. Yep, we’re wheat farmers around here.
LauraPalooza Photo Challenge
Currently open on my computer is the special LauraPalooza edition of The Homesteader. If I do say so myself, it is looking sweeeeeeet. Just paging through it, scanning the text and all the photos, I’m living those two and a…
The Hard Winter in Context
Our favorite meteorologist, Barbara Mayes Boustead, will be presenting her work on Laura’s Long Winter on Nov. 17 in Sioux Falls, S.D. From the poster: Laura’s Long Winter: Putting the Hard Winter of 1880-81 into Perspective Wednesday, November 17, 2010…
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Exhibit
Today I got the flyer for the opening and Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas Tree Exhibit at the Hoover Presidential Library. A Little House Christmas November 20 – January 2, 2011 Twenty trees decorated in the traditions of Laura Ingalls Wilder…
BLH Contributors In the News
The Chronicle Times in Cherokee, Iowa posted a recent story about Beyond Little House’s own Sarah Uthoff. BLH contributor and Homesteader editor Sandra Hume’s story “Little Trip on the Prairie,” which chronicles her family’s trip to Pepin, Walnut Grove and…
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Women’s Duty at the Polls
Now that women in Missouri have been given the right to vote for President of the United States and the prospect is good that they will be granted full franchise in the state, it will be interesting to observe how…