This year saw most of the Little House homesites become the beneficiary of a wonderful donation of Little House artifacts from Richard Fisher of Cleves, Ohio. Richard has been collecting artifacts related to the Little House books since the 1970′s,…
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Richard Fisher Donates Part of Artifact Collection to Homesites
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Season 2013 Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip during or after October, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate…
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Tell Them You Like De Smet
De Smet, South Dakota De Smet, South Dakota has been rather active online this year. A brand new website for the town of De Smet is drawing national attention and it’s just recently gone live. And when you are getting…
Annual Christmas Shopping Guide 2012
This is the third year that I’ve put together a shopping guide to help you find the perfect present for the Laura Ingalls Wilder fan or Little House fan in your life. The first year I created a list if…
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Laura Homesite Season Ends
October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip after that, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate you by…
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Watch Jeopardy Today
Roland Frank Rydstrom of the De Smet Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society asked us to pass this along. Please tune in to JEOPARDY Friday, October 26th. A special Laura Ingalls Wilder-related answer/question will be featured in the new episode! The…
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Christmas Shopping at the Homesites
Last year I posted a list of suggestions for Christmas gifts for the Laura Ingalls fan just beginning their Laura collection. I think they are still excellent suggestions if your Laura fan still needs any of them, but we’re looking…
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Memorial Society in De Smet Opens Online Exhibit
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in De Smet, South Dakota has unveiled an online exhibit section to their website. So far there is just one display, on Rose Wilder Lane, but the use of the plural form in the…
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Laura Season Opens
I just did a quick call around to see when the Laura museums open for the year. This is subject to change in other years, but I thought might give everyone a good idea when they are open. If you…
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Presents for the Laura Fan in Your Life
So you’re looking for an “eyes nearly popped right out of their head” present for the Laura Ingalls Wilder fan in your life? I’m going to assume that they don’t have a large Laura collection already. There are many more…
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