Sitting in my doctor’s office, I glanced through the June 6 issue of People Magazine and saw this quote from Tina Fey in a section called “What to Read to Your Kids”: “For a full year my daughter loved this Disney…
Author: Tracy Moore
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…
Wilder Barns Burn! — in 1851
Extra, extra, read all about it! Wilder Barns Burn But don’t panic — this is no recent devastation, but rather, a headline culled from an 1851 edition of the Franklin Gazette, courtesy of the Franklin County Historical Society in New…
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Laura (and Bill Kurtis) in the News
Read how two adult Laura fans from Missouri bring Laura Ingalls Wilder to life and how Little House on the Prairie Museum overlord Bill Kurtis is raising cattle just like Laura did. OK, fine — it’s not really because of…
“Wilder Weather” from Barb Boustead
Remember Barb Boustead? Our favorite National Weather Service meteorologist wowed everyone at LauraPalooza with her riveting presentation on historical weather during The Long Winter. She’s got her own Little House weather blog, Wilder Weather. Bookmark it, because we hope she’ll…
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