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…
Tag: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mansfield Announces New Documentary
The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Rocky Ridge Review announces that the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum was partnering with Ozark Rocky Ridge Farmhouse Public Television to produce a documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder. Tentatively titled Laura Ingalls Wilder: The…
Kitty Latane Resigns from Pepin Newsletter
Kitty Latane I just got the sad news that Kitty Latane, the longtime editor of the Notes from Pepin — the official newsletter of the Laura Ingalls Wilder organization in Pepin, Wisconsin — has resigned from her position. Latane (pronounced…
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The Haders’ Little House
Big Snow When I tell people about Berta and Elmer Hader, I ask if they know the Haders’s Caldecott Medal winning book The Big Snow. Sadly many people haven’t read this delightful book. I then ask if they remember the…
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Republished: Henry Ford’s Own Story by Rose Wilder Lane | Beyond Little House
Henry Ford's Own Story Most of Rose’s books came out before the magic year where copyrighted books currently pass into public domain. Several publishing companies have taken to reprinting these books. They don’t have to pay anything for the text,…
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Republished: Henry Ford’s Own Story by Rose Wilder Lane
Henry Ford's Own Story Most of Rose’s books came out before the magic year where copyrighted books currently pass into public domain. Several publishing companies have taken to reprinting these books. They don’t have to pay anything for the text,…
Sloo and Slough
When I was in De Smet this summer, we were talking about the Big Slough and as always a quote from Emily of Deep Valley popped into my head. Other people in the conference planning group said they had the…
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Little Great Auk
Great Auk Near the beginning of The Long Winter the Ingalls family discover a strange marine bird. It’s nearly frozen and they nurse it back to life, but nothing they have to feed it seems to go down. They said…
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