We’ve gotten some questions lately about LauraPalooza aka the National Conference of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association and I wanted to clarify. So far we’ve held the conference twice, once in 2010 and once in 2012. Our…
The First Four Years; Chapter 2: Section 8 | Beyond Little House
Guest post by Melissa Litke The First Four Years, this is everyone’s favorite Little House book, right? Ha! When I was in third grade and received the yellow paperback set of Little House books for Christmas, I sat right down…
Burr Oak Flooded During Festival 2013 – Museum Needs Help! | Beyond Little House
Bridge After Flood 1 Damage If you haven’t been paying attention this has been another bad year for Iowa floods. Heavy rains in the river basins have brought about repeated flooding around the state. The federal government has declared 47…
Roll Along Wagon Train! | Beyond Little House
Does anyone want to experience a wagon train? Check out this article in the online Jamestown (N. Dakota) Sun about the 44th annual Fort Seward Wagon Train. I asked my husband if he would do it with me next year…
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The First Four Years; Chapter 2: Section 7 | Beyond Little House
Guest post by Naomi December 5th, we are told, is a bright and sunny day. Just the sort of day one might spot a Rose through the snow. But Laura doesn’t feel like playing outside in the snow. She would…
The First Four Years; Chapter 2: Section 6 | Beyond Little House
I believe I may just have ended up with the section with the least going on, but I gave it my best shot! It was a beautiful day, that twenty-fifth of August, 1886, when Manly and Laura moved to the…
Put it on Paper | Beyond Little House
“Put It On Paper” is the name of an exhibit at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, Michigan. Barbara Mayes Boustead gave us a heads up about this as she attempted to access The Long Winter manuscript held by the…
Laura Ingalls Wilder on Dakota Life | Beyond Little House
You might have heard me mention something about having to get to De Smet after LauraPalooza this last year. This news story and a second story they’ve delayed on Pioneer Girl are why. Dakota Life is a TV magazine on…
Posted in Little House Travel Tagged with: Dakota Life, De Smet Pageant, Ingalls Homestead, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Marian Cramer, Sarah Uthoff
The First Four Years; Chapter 1: Section 5 | Beyond Little House
Guest post by Tatiana The draw of Laura to me is the strong connection to nature and the flow of life – and as an aspiring writer, what a wonderful storyteller was Laura is. Here in part 5, from the…
A Little House Love Story | Beyond Little House
They met while playing Laura and Almanzo in Little House on the Prairie – The Musical in 2008. They fell in love. And on June 2nd they were married. Congratulations to Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey!