In this issue: a Laura fan who is also a doctor offers her best medical guess as to what ailment was truly responsible for Mary’s degeneration into blindness. a full-color pictorial of the daylong annual Prairie Days Festival in Independence,…

In this issue: a factual look at the “Hard Winter” of 1880-1881, as part of our continuing series on Laura’s life in a historical context photographs and description of a pre-restoration visit to the Wilder home in Malone a feature…

In this issue: a historical look at the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s Midwest that Laura recounted in On the Banks of Plum Creek an interview with renowned LIW biographer William T. Anderson an LIW children’s entertainer shares her experiences…

In this issue: a feature, including photographs, on the Almanzo Wilder Farm in Burke, New York (setting for Farmer Boy) an in-depth look at the South Dakota tornadoes in the 1880s that lend credence to the storms in These Happy…

In this issue: an article all about Little House Site Tours, escorted trips to the homesites a feature story on June Silliman, “Dear Laura” on the Web site for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum a review of the compendium of…

In this issue: an interview with the young man who plays Pa’s fiddle at events in Mansfield, Missouri groundbreaking research on Mary Power a look at the latest grant-funded changes and updates to the Independence, Kansas homesite the story of…

In this issue: Advice on how to avoid eBay scams on LIW merchandise A news story recounting a conference on current, brand-new LIW research from a conference held in DeSmet in 2001 A feature on Walnut Grove An extensive look…