Year: 2011

Memorial Society in De Smet Opens Online Exhibit

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in De Smet, South Dakota has unveiled an online exhibit section to their website. So far there is just one display, on Rose Wilder Lane, but the use of the plural form in the…

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Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 16: Name Cards

Guest post by Lauri Goforth If anyone saw the sign-ups, I pretty much begged for this chapter.  We’ve met Laura.  We’ve met Almanzo.  They’ve seen each other, but for the first time in this chapter they have a chance to…

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Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 15: The School Board’s Visit

Guest post by Annika Laura thought that Nellie Oleson looked disappointed when she and Carrie came into the schoolhouse the next morning. Nellie might have expected that they would not come back to school. “You wouldn’t let her meanness keep…

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Up next: Chapter 15

We’re waiting for the Little Town read-along summary post from Annika — Annika, are you out there? We understand that life happens, so please let us know if you need us to reassign your chapter.  

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National Donut Day!

In honor of National Donut Day, here’s a snapshot from an event at the Almanzo Wilder Farm from a few summers ago. Love how that site goes the extra mile, truly reveling in what makes them special and unique. Granted,…

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Carrie Ingalls, Homesteader

Looks like there will be another historical marker for the Ingalls family! Check out this article about Carrie Ingalls becoming a homesteader. I find it very interesting when women in history accomplish things that were normally reserved for men. It…

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Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 14: Sent Home From School

Guest post by Melanie Stringer Sent Home from School has always been a stand-out chapter for me.  Even when reading it as a child and teenager, I found it a noticeable departure from the usual depiction of  Laura’s harmonious obedience…

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Listen and Remember

When supper was over, Uncle George went outside the door and blew his army bugle, long and loud. It made a lovely, ringing sound, far away through the Big Woods. The woods were dark and silent and the trees stood…

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Victory May Depend on You

“It is a war in each man’s heart. Each man is fighting as the spirit moves him,” said Hira Singh, speaking of the war, in the absorbing story of author Talbot Mundy. Every day is showing more plainly that Hira…

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Prairie Days 2011

We’re kicking off the first Laura event of the summer. If you can make it, please come join the fun in Independence, Kansas at the Little House on the Prairie Museum site.                

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