De Smet, South Dakota De Smet, South Dakota has been rather active online this year. A brand new website for the town of De Smet is drawing national attention and it’s just recently gone live. And when you are getting…
Year: 2013
Pioneer Girl Project Update
An update was just posted on the Pioneer Girl Project blog regarding the South Dakota Historical Press publication of the Laura Ingalls Wilder’s previously unpublished biography, Pioneer Girl, which was first scheduled to be released in the summer of 2013.…
Sweets to the Sweet
Rose are red, Violets are blue, Maple syrup is sweet, And Naomi, a jug of it is coming to you! Naomi has been chosen by random.org as the winner of Laura’s birthday giveaway! Here’s what Naomi had to say about…
Happy Birthday to Almanzo!
Close together, Laura and Carrie looked out from the edge of the standing grass. The hayfield was not Pa’s hayfield. A strange wagon stood there and on its rack was an enormous load of hay. On the high top of…
Happy Birthday to Laura!
It’s Laura’s birthday. In the Big Woods of Wisconsin, she was born 146 years ago today. I’m quite certain that she never would have believed that she would have such a following who would be celebrating, not only her birthday,…
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Mary’s Blindness
New research has caused some speculation into exactly what caused Mary’s blindness. Click here to read the article in USA Today and then come back and give your thoughts.
Progress in Mansfield
Rocky Ridge Farmhouse The Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Home and Museum has been one of the best of the Laura homesites at having a long term goal and working toward it. Early on they set the goal to…
Giving and Taking Advice
There were once two men who had different ways of treating their horses when they went around them in the barn. One always spoke to his horses as he passed so that they might know he was there and not…
Kelly Ferguson Interview
Kelly Ferguson, author of My Life as Laura, was recently interviewed via Skype. During the 33 minute interview, Ferguson talks about writing her book (and her good decision to cut chapters where she spoke as Laura), her bad timing of…
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Fandom Roundup 2012
This is the third year the Trundlebed Tales podcast has done a retrospective looking back over the events in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom. 2012 was a busy year with a lot of events, from the publication of the new edition…
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