We have more than 100 Laura scholars, fans and researchers now registered to attend LauraPalooza 2010: Legacies in July. If you want to join us, you have until May 31 to pre-register. Depending upon the number of seats available after…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Site In De Smet
Have you ever noticed you come back from a Laura trip full of stuff, ideas, and photos, but it takes you awhile to absorb it all or get around to finishing all those projects that popped in your head on…
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Locusts Attack Australia
Have you ever wondered what it was like in Walnut Grove after the grasshoppers fell for the shimmering cloud? Well, you can take a look at a modern day attack. It’s the worst invasion of grasshoppers in Australia in 30…
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Road Work in De Smet
This summer construction will be going on on De Smet’s Third Street, where the Ingalls family lived after they moved to town once and for all. It’s also the street that houses Prairie House Manor. Water mains in the center…
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The Way I See It: Melissa Sue Anderson on the Today Show
I find it somewhat ironic that first Laura’s books were converted to television — and now the stars of that television series are all writing books. We told you about Melissa Gilbert’s Prairie Tale: A Memoir last year. Melissa played…
Ask the Experts: Biography About Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Hi there, I was wondering whether you would be able to help me. I have been looking around for a biography about Laura Ingalls Wilder, but there seem to be so many. I was wondering if you would be able…
Would Pa Go For A Subprime Mortgage?
If he had Mr. Edwards to talk him into it? What do you think? Me, I think Pa wouldn’t go for it. But that young cuss, Almanzo? As drawn to debt as he was? Maybe … (I love how the…
Rules of Engagement
This year marks the ten-year anniversary of my marriage. Even all these years later, I’m still regularly asked to tell the story of how my husband and I met. I’m forever explaining how on earth a farmer from Kansas could…
Partnering with the Betsy-Tacy Society
I’m pleased to announce a partnership with the Betsy-Tacy Society in Mankato that will allow folks who come to LauraPalooza this summer to get a taste of Deep Valley! Costumed volunteers will join our residential attendees for Wednesday nights ice…
Moving Pictures
Well, the Hard Winter is over — for most of us, anyway — and spring has arrived in all its glory. As we celebrated winter’s end with the Ingalls family in our final chapters of The Long Winter discussion, so…