The Countdown to LauraPalooza 2015 has begun. Before we pack our bags and head to South Dakota for a weekend of education, celebration and fun, some of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy & Research Association board members are taking a…
Year: 2014
Looking Ahead to LauraPalooza 2015 | Beyond Little House
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Happy Independence Day | Beyond Little House
The Fourth of July was a big event in many of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, from the canon and celebration in Malone’s famous three corner square after the freak freeze in Malone, New York to Rose Wilder Lane’s additions to…
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Walnut Grove Reunion | Beyond Little House
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of both the NBC Little House on the Prairie TV Show and the Walnut Grove Museum and the 140th anniversary of Laura and her family arriving in Walnut Grove. In honor of all that they…
Mary Ingalls Society Pageant Announcement | Beyond Little House
I first did my first post about the Mary Ingalls Society in November 2012. Since then they’ve unveiled a design for their new signs and hosted their first event, but what we’re really looking forward to is Vinton, Iowa joining…
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De Smet SD Around the Web | Beyond Little House
We’re continuing around the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite towns (with museums) in the order that Laura lived there. Our next stop is De Smet, South Dakota. De Smet is the county seat of Kingsbury County. Situated on Highway 14 with…
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Countdown to LauraPalooza 2015: Timeline
The gorgeous LP logo from our first conference in 2010 It’s coming! The countdown is on. LauraPalooza 2015 July 16-17, 2015 South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota (with optional day in De Smet on July 18) Here are the…
Location Announced for LauraPalooza 2015
Harvey Dunn Street Sign on SDSU Campus At long last, we are very pleased to share that the 2015 LauraPalooza conference will be July 16-17, at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings, SD, with July 18 spent at…
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Burr Oak IA Around the Web
Burr Oak, Iowa We’re continuing around the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite towns (with museums) in the order that Laura lived there. Our next stop is Burr Oak, Iowa. While I cautioned you last time that Walnut Grove is smaller…
Walnut Grove MN Around the Web
Walnut Grove Museum Grounds We’re continuing around the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite towns (with museums) in the order that Laura lived there. Our next stop is Walnut Grove, Minnesota home of On the Banks of Plum Creek and…
Millbank by Mary J. Holmes
The only novel mentioned by title in the “Little House” series is in On the Banks of Plum Creek when Laura is trying to convince Ma that she doesn’t really have to go to school because she can already read.…
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