Tag: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Days 5 and 6 LauraPalooza July 15-16 2012

Welcome to Days 5 and 6 of my LauraPalooza Trip, Sunday, July 15, and Monday, July 16 2012. Official LauraPalooza ended on Saturday, but my trip continued until Monday. Many Laura fans add an additional Laura site or two to…

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Day 4 LauraPalooza July 14 2012

Welcome to Day 4 of LauraPalooza, Saturday, July 13, 2012. We finish up the last day in Mankato, Minnesota and then head out to Walnut Grove where we visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Fragments of a Dream, the…

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Day 3 LauraPalooza July 13 2012

Welcome to Day 3 of LauraPalooza, Friday, July 13, 2012. We have three videos for today. The middle one has a long bit of Barbara Walker’s speech, I hope you enjoy it. Note that YouTube has started a stabilization feature.…

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Day 2 LauraPalooza July 12 2012 | Beyond Little House

Day 2 of the LauraPalooza conference was July 12, 2012. There are two videos for the general events of the day. I finally did get around to finishing the videos for the Legacy Luncheon, but my uploading program didn’t like…

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No LauraPalooza 2013 | Beyond Little House

We’ve gotten some questions lately about LauraPalooza aka the National Conference of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Legacy and Research Association and I wanted to clarify. So far we’ve held the conference twice, once in 2010 and once in 2012. Our…

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Burr Oak Flooded During Festival 2013 – Museum Needs Help! | Beyond Little House

Bridge After Flood 1 Damage If you haven’t been paying attention this has been another bad year for Iowa floods. Heavy rains in the river basins have brought about repeated flooding around the state. The federal government has declared 47…

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Put it on Paper | Beyond Little House

“Put It On Paper” is the name of an exhibit at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing, Michigan. Barbara Mayes Boustead gave us a heads up about this as she attempted to access The Long Winter manuscript held by the…

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Laura Ingalls Wilder on Dakota Life | Beyond Little House

You might have heard me mention something about having to get to De Smet after LauraPalooza this last year. This news story and a second story they’ve delayed on Pioneer Girl are why. Dakota Life is a TV magazine on…

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Mansfield Overhauls Their Website | Beyond Little House

It was quite a surprise when I went to check something on the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Home and Museum website recently. For many years now this has been their web design and I was a little shocked when…

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Japanese Letter Writer Found

You all know how important I think Laura Ingalls Wilder letters are for shedding new light on Laura and the importance of finding them. Today’s story comes from the other side of the coin. A letter from a Japanese fan…

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