Wearing my replica ring A lot of times people ask about the engagement ring that is generally accepted as the one Laura received from Almanzo as pictured in the 1885 Montgomery Ward Catalog. It’s given a list price of $1.40,…
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What’s that 1.40 Worth Today? | Beyond Little House
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Malone Unveils Schoolhouse
The Almanzo Wilder Farm has finished its replica one-room school project and is unveiling it in a big event with guest speakers this Saturday. Sadly I won’t be going, but board member Connie Neumann is so we look forward to…
Happy Birthday to Almanzo!
Close together, Laura and Carrie looked out from the edge of the standing grass. The hayfield was not Pa’s hayfield. A strange wagon stood there and on its rack was an enormous load of hay. On the high top of…
Happy Anniversary…
Today is the 127th anniversary of the day Almanzo and Laura became husband and wife. And the day that Almanzo agreed not to expect Laura to obey him. They were married for over sixty years and shared, not only a…
Happy Anniversary!
Today is Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 126th wedding anniversary! As a way for all of us to celebrate together, how about if we share our favorite Laura and Almanzo moment in the comments below?
Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Michigan Connection
Isn’t it like a dream come true when you find out that there is a Laura event happening close to where you live? When William Anderson (well-known Wilder biographer and researcher) announced at LauraPalooza that a Laura Ingalls Wilder exhibit…
Happy Anniversary, Laura and Almanzo!
Our favorite couple celebrates 125 years of wedded bliss today. Share your congratulations below.
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…
Dean Butler’s LIW Documentary
Remember Dean Butler’s Legacy Documentaries’ biopic about Laura Ingalls Wilder? It’s ready. Here’s the trailer.
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Happy Birthday Almanzo
I’ll confess. With Valentine’s Day coming up tomorrow, my thoughts keep traveling to my first Valentine: Almanzo James Wilder. Almanzo was my celebrity crush. In the days when all the other girls in junior high school were swooning over Kirk…