Windfarm Driving on Highway 14 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway – between Walnut Grove and De Smet takes you right through Lake Benton, Minnesota. While Lake Benton is beautiful and well worth a short stop to stretch your legs…
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Conference Maps
As the And One More on the Way posts show, I’ve been gearing up for the conference. Today I printed out the schedule and began to look for maps. I always say you can never have too many maps. I…
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The Life Stories of a Pioneer Girl
“I declare,” Ma said. “It never rains but it pours.” ~from These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 20 One of the most frequent questions I have received over the years from those who love Laura’s books is, “Why hasn’t there been…
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And One More on the Way: Brookings, SD
Here’s another one of our posts about extra places to stop on the way to the conference or on any Laura trip. Harvey Dunn Street Sign and Museum Brookings, South Dakota is one of my favorite non-homesite towns along the…
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And One More on the Way: South Troy MN
Here’s the next in my series of places you might want to add onto your trip to the conference or any other Laura trip. South Troy with Sign South Troy, Minnesota has a very sad connection for Laura Ingalls Wilder…
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And One More on the Way: Music Man Square
Music Man Square Have you ever heard of Meredith Willson, Iowa’s Music Man? Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa and went on to fame and fortune, but never forgot where he was from. In fact the work he is…
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Farmgirls Do the Circuit
Lake Pepin Beach A women’s club named the Farmgirls has decided to do a Laura trip/service project. It started with one chapter, but grew to include members from multiple groups. They are doing a link of the entire Laura homesite …
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And One More on the Way: Jolly Green Giant
As part of our conference countdown, I’m going to start a new series of postings of possible places you might want to add to your Wilder conference trip. Some will be Laura related, others are just kind of neat tourist…
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Wading in Plum Creek
Plum Creek from the water surface One of the best experiences you can have at Walnut Grove is wading in Plum Creek at the Dugout Site. Make sure you bring along a towel and maybe a change of clothes with…
Nancy Westlake of Hoover Library Honored
Nancy Westlake Nancy Westlake is a long time volunteer at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. She researched in the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Papers at the Hoover Library and constructed 4 lesson units on Wilder that are available for…