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…
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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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Independence KS Around the Web
We’re continuing around the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesite towns (with museums) in the order that Laura lived there. We move on to Independence, Kansas and the rural Montgomery County area just outside it. New fans and uninitiated writers of newspaper…
Pepin WI Around the Web
Visitors Dance at Laura Days I heard in the news last week that there was a genuine Chinook wind moving through the country – if you got an unusually nice weather the last week or so, it just might have…
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Mary Ingalls Society Unveils New Sign
Although Laura fans have long been interested in the Iowa School for the Blind and Sight Saving School (ISBSSS) where Mary attended in Vinton, Iowa, for many years the interest was one-sided. It was an active school and there were…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Events 2014
One of my annual events on the podcast is to do an episode looking ahead to Laura events in the coming year. Kudos to the large number of organizations who got their exact dates out there early so I could…
Mary Ingalls Society Hosts First Event
Locals braved icy conditions to turn out 40 strong at the very first and very successful event hosted by the ISBSSS Mary Ingalls Society on Jan. 10, 2014. The event was a combination celebration of Mary Ingalls’s birthday (coincidentally a…
Beyond Little House
We keep chugging away on spreading the word and finding new Laura fans. We’re pleased to announce that we just topped 1,400 Likes on the Beyond Little House page. Please check it out.
De Smet Fire Department Christmas
There are lots of great stories in De Smet. This year I discovered a not directly Laura connected, but lovely story about how the volunteer fire department in De Smet helps Santa out each Christmas. Then again, while they know…