query: where did laura ingalls wilder live?

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway

text: extends north on 63 to Lake City, Minnesota where it briefly runs along U.S. Route 61 before following Minnesota State Highway 60 to the Wisconsin border. From Rochester, the highway also runs south along US 63 until the intersection with Minnesota State Highway 16 near Spring Valley. From there, it turns east until meeting U.S. Route 52 near Preston, following that road to the Iowa border. Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway is a named road connecting historic areas that relate to the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for writing "Little House

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway

text: Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway is a named road connecting historic areas that relate to the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for writing "Little House on the Prairie". The highway was first designated in 1995 as U.S. Route 14 from Lake Benton in southwest Minnesota to Mankato in the south-central part of the state. Since then, it has been extended into South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Within Minnesota, the highway is primarily made up of US 14 from the South Dakota border eastward to Rochester at U.S. Route 63. A branch

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: lived for the next three years. Those experiences formed the basis for Ingalls Wilder's future novels "Little House in the Big Woods" (1932) and "Little House on the Prairie" (1935). The fictional chronology of her books in this regard, however, does not match fact: she was two to four years old in Kansas and four to seven in Wisconsin; in the novels she is four to five in Wisconsin ("Big Woods") and six to seven in Kansas ("Prairie"). According to a letter from her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, to biographer William Anderson, the publisher had her change her age in

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: from Wisconsin when Ingalls was about seven years old, after briefly living with the family of her Uncle Peter Ingalls, first in their house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and then on rented land near Lake City, Minnesota. In Walnut Grove, the family first lived in a dugout sod house on a preemption claim; after wintering in it, they moved into a new house built on the same land. Two summers of ruined crops led them to move to Iowa. On the way, they stayed again with Charles Ingalls' brother, Peter Ingalls, this time on his farm near South

title: Charles Ingalls

text: and farmer. He had a love of music and reading, and played the violin. On February 1, 1860, Ingalls married a neighbor, the quiet and proper Caroline Lake Quiner. Together, they had five children: Mary Amelia, Laura Elizabeth, Caroline Celestia (Carrie), Charles Frederick (Freddie), who died in infancy, and Grace Pearl. For his entire life, Ingalls had a strong case of "wanderlust". He is quoted by his daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, in her "Little House" series of books as saying: "My wandering foot gets to itching". From their original home in the woods of Wisconsin, Ingalls moved his family to

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: family of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. One paternal ancestor, Edmund Ingalls, from Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, emigrated to America, settling in Lynn, Massachusetts. When she was two years old, Ingalls moved with her family from Wisconsin in 1869. After stopping in Rothville, Missouri, they went on to settle in the Indian country of Kansas, near what is now Independence, Kansas. Her younger sister Carrie was born there in August 1870, not long before they moved again. According to her in later years, Ingalls' father had been told that the location would soon be open to white settlers but that was

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: 7, 1867. At the time of Ingalls' birth, the family lived seven miles north of the village of Pepin, Wisconsin in the Big Woods region of Wisconsin. She was the second of five children, following older sister Mary Amelia. Three more children would follow: Caroline Celestia (Carrie), Charles Frederick (who died in infancy), and Grace Pearl. Ingalls Wilder's birth site is commemorated by a replica log cabin at the Little House Wayside in Pepin. Life there formed the basis for her first book, "Little House in the Big Woods" (1932). Ingalls was a descendant of the Delano family, the ancestral

title: Mary Ingalls

text: Mary Ingalls Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865 – October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls and older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House on the Prairie" book series. At the age of 14, Ingalls suffered an illness—thought to be scarlet fever—at the time believed to have caused her to lose her eyesight. A 2013 study published in the journal "Pediatrics", concluded it was actually viral meningoencephalitis that caused Ingalls' blindness, based on evidence from first-hand accounts and newspaper reports of

title: Mary Ingalls

text: portrayed in the television series "Little House on the Prairie" by actress Melissa Sue Anderson. Unlike her real-life counterpart, the television version of Mary Ingalls became a teacher in a school for the blind and married a blind fellow teacher, Adam Kendall, who was portrayed by Linwood Boomer. Mary Ingalls Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865 – October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls and older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House on the Prairie" book series. At the age of

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: incorrect; their homestead was actually on the Osage Indian reservation, having no legal right to occupy it. They had just begun to farm when they heard rumors that the settlers would be evicted, and they left preemptively in the spring of 1871. Although she portrayed the departure and that of other settlers as prompted by rumors of eviction in both her novel and in her "Pioneer Girl" memoirs, she also noted that her parents needed to recover their Wisconsin land because the buyer had not totally paid the mortgage. From Kansas, the Ingalls family went back to Wisconsin, where they

title: Caroline Ingalls

text: of 84. The fictional series "The Caroline Years," an extension of the "Little House" series, by Maria D. Wilkes and Celia Wilkins, follows Caroline Quiner from her fifth year to her late teens, up to her engagement to Charles. The first title in the series is "Little House in Brookfield." Caroline Ingalls Caroline Lake Ingalls (; "née" Quiner; December 12, 1839April 20, 1924) was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books. Caroline was born 15 miles west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the Town of Brookfield, Waukesha County, the fifth of seven children of Henry Quiner

title: Caroline Ingalls

text: Caroline Ingalls Caroline Lake Ingalls (; "née" Quiner; December 12, 1839April 20, 1924) was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books. Caroline was born 15 miles west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the Town of Brookfield, Waukesha County, the fifth of seven children of Henry Quiner and Charlotte (Tucker) Quiner. Her brothers were Joseph, Henry, and Thomas, and her sisters were Martha Jane and Eliza (the Quiners' first child, Martha Morse Quiner, died in 1836). When Caroline was 5, her father died in an accident, reportedly on Lake Michigan near the Straits of Mackinac. In 1849,

title: Caroline Ingalls

text: undetermined causes. In her autobiography , Laura remembers that "Little Brother was not well" and that "one terrible day, he straightened out his little body and was dead". Wilder scholar William Anderson noted: "Nearly forty years after Freddie's death, Ma mourned him, telling relatives how different everything would be 'if Freddie had lived'." The Ingalls family traveled by covered wagon from Wisconsin; Kansas (Indian Territory); Burr Oak, Iowa; and Minnesota. In 1879, they settled in De Smet in Dakota Territory. After arriving in De Smet, Caroline and the Ingalls family lived in the home of the local surveyor as well

title: De Smet, South Dakota

text: a three-year period of drought caused many settlers to relocate their farms and homesteads to easier areas. By 1917, De Smet was a cow town, with many trains passing through every day carrying cattle to market. The Charles Ingalls family, originally of Wisconsin, arrived in De Smet in 1879. Their travels and pioneer settling in Minnesota, Kansas, Dakota Territory, and Iowa would be later chronicled in a series of books written by the Ingalls' second oldest daughter, Laura Elizabeth - later known as Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls and her husband, Almanzo Wilder would first settle in De Smet along

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder House

text: Laura Ingalls Wilder House The Laura Ingalls Wilder House is a historic house museum at 3060 Highway A in Mansfield, Missouri. Also known as Rocky Ridge Farm, it was the home of author Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1896 until her death in 1957. The author of the "Little House on the Prairie" series, Wilder began writing the series while living there. The house, together with the nearby Rock Cottage on the same property, represents one of the few surviving places where she resided. The house is owned by a local non-profit, and is open to the public for tours. It

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (; February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer known for the "Little House on the Prairie" series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the television series "Little House on the Prairie" was loosely based on the Little House books, and starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura and Michael Landon as her father, Charles Ingalls. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles Phillip and Caroline Lake (née Quiner) Ingalls on February

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder House

text: has several porches. Dormers and gable windows provide light and air to the upper level. There are six rooms on the main level, and three on the upper level. Laura Ingalls Wilder House The Laura Ingalls Wilder House is a historic house museum at 3060 Highway A in Mansfield, Missouri. Also known as Rocky Ridge Farm, it was the home of author Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1896 until her death in 1957. The author of the "Little House on the Prairie" series, Wilder began writing the series while living there. The house, together with the nearby Rock Cottage on the

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: the Association perceived as biased against Native Americans and African Americans. , including the complete text of the first eight "Little House" books, those published during the author's lifetime, and a collection and extensive bibliography of her newspaper and magazine columns. Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (; February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer known for the "Little House on the Prairie" series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the television series "Little House

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: 1885. From the beginning of their relationship, the pair had nicknames for each other: Ingalls called Wilder "Manly" and Wilder, because he had a sister named Laura, called Ingalls "Bess", from her middle name, Elizabeth. on August 25, 1885. Almanzo Wilder had achieved a degree of prosperity on his homestead claim; the newly married couple started their life together in a new home, north of De Smet. On December 5, 1886, Wilder gave birth to her daughter, Rose. In 1889, she gave birth to a son who died at 12 days of age before being named. He was buried at

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: was an enhancement for dramatic effect.) Her original "Third Grade" teaching certificate can be seen on page 25 of William Anderson's book "Laura's Album" (1998). She later admitted she did not particularly enjoy it but felt the responsibility from a young age to help her family financially, and wage-earning opportunities for women were limited. Between 1883 and 1885, she taught three terms of school, worked for the local dressmaker, and attended high school, although she did not graduate. Ingalls' teaching career and studies ended when the 18 year old Laura Ingalls married 28 year old Almanzo Wilder on August 25,

title: Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: her life. Some incidents portrayed did occur, but not at the time during which the series is set, while others are entirely fictional. The appearance of characters differs from their descriptions in the books. There are also anachronisms in hairstyles, costuming, and the behavior of the characters. Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are television films which were presented in two parts, the first in 2000, and the second in 2002,

title: Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: supplemental film footage, and more. Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a one-hour documentary film about the life of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for her "Little House on the Prairie" book series. "Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder" was produced by Dean Butler and Robin Bernheim-Burger, and executive produced by Trip Friendly. Butler, who portrayed Almanzo Wilder on the "Little House on the Prairie" television series from 1979 to 1983, directed and narrated the documentary

text: Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a one-hour documentary film about the life of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for her "Little House on the Prairie" book series. "Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder" was produced by Dean Butler and Robin Bernheim-Burger, and executive produced by Trip Friendly. Butler, who portrayed Almanzo Wilder on the "Little House on the Prairie" television series from 1979 to 1983, directed and narrated the documentary which was released on DVD

text: Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are television films which were presented in two parts, the first in 2000, and the second in 2002, which presented episodes from the later books in the "Little House on the Prairie" series (from "The Long Winter" to "The First Four Years"). Despite the title, the miniseries was criticized for its significant deviations not only from Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, but the known facts of

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Newbery Medal, the premier American Library Association (ALA) book award for children's literature. In 1954, the ALA inaugurated a lifetime achievement award for children's writers and illustrators, named for Wilder, of which she was the first recipient. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal recognizes a living author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made "a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children". As of 2013, it has been conferred nineteen times, biennially starting in 2001. In 2018, the award was renamed the Children's Literature Legacy Award in light of alleged racist language in Wilder's works which

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: widely considered to have cheapened their literary merit. Controversy arose following MacBride's death in 1995, when the Laura Ingalls Wilder Branch of the Wright County Library in Mansfield — the library founded in part by Wilder — decided it was worth trying to recover the rights. The ensuing court case was settled in an undisclosed manner, but MacBride's heirs retained the rights to Wilder's books. From the settlement, the library received enough to start work on a new building. The popularity of the Little House books has grown over the years following Wilder's death, spawning a multimillion-dollar franchise of mass

text: writer and her relationship to her daughter and editor, Rose Wilder Lane. Tanya Hart, professor of history, puts the relationship of women to the law and the community in context with the time in which Laura Ingalls Wilder lived. Tai S. Edwards, professor of history, elaborates on the pioneers' perspective of the Osage Indians written about in "Little House on the Prairie". Reenactors from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in De Smet, South Dakota portray the Ingalls and Wilder families plus other characters. Robin Bernheim-Burger voices the role of Rose Wilder Lane. Katherine Cannon voices the role of Laura

text: Ingalls Wilder and reads excerpts from the "Little House on the Prairie" books. After a brief introduction the narrative begins in 1885 with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life as a new wife and mother and details the hardships she and her family endure due to crop failures, debt, and crippling illnesses. Circumstances force her family to travel from South Dakota to Minnesota to Florida and then back again to South Dakota. Eventually, in 1894, the Wilders settle for good on Rocky Ridge Farm in Mansfield, Missouri where Laura and her husband, Almanzo, will live for the rest of their lives. It

text: passes away at age 90. Expanding on subject material covered in the documentary, five DVD bonus features provide additional information relating to Laura Ingalls Wilder, her world, and the making of "The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder". The bonus features are divided into two categories: "Laura’s World" and "Behind the Scenes". "Native Americans & African Americans": Scholars and historians discuss the relationship of Native Americans and African Americans in the real and fictional worlds in which Laura Ingalls Wilder and the characters in her books grew up. "Harvey Dunn: American Artist": A look at the life of Harvey Dunn, a

text: 1943. The "Little House on the Prairie" book series becomes known around the world. Public libraries and schools are named after her. After World War II General Douglas MacArthur has the "Little House on the Prairie" books translated for the Japanese people so that they can better understand and appreciate American values and culture. In 1954, the American Library Association creates the Laura Ingalls Wilder medal, which is awarded to outstanding authors of children’s literature. Laura Ingalls Wilder, at age 87, is its first recipient. In 1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, suffering from diabetes and the loss of many loved ones,

text: was born ten miles from De Smet, South Dakota, five years after Charles Ingalls moved his family there. Illustrations by artist Cheryl Harness animate specific scenes and characters from the "Little House on the Prairie" books. Archival photographs from multiple sources provide a first-hand look at the people and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life. Historians and academics provide commentary with interviews throughout the documentary. John E. Miller, historian and author of "Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder", adds details about her life. Pamela Smith Hill, author of "Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life", pays special attention to her development as a

title: Laura Ingalls (aviator)

text: and World War II. Francis married Mabel Morgan Satterlee (1901–1993) on September 19, 1926. Mabel was the daughter of Herbert Livingston Satterlee and Louisa Pierpont Morgan, the daughter of J. P. Morgan. Laura Houghtaling Ingalls was a distant cousin of "Little House on the Prairie"'s Laura Ingalls Wilder, and became a friend of her daughter Rose Wilder Lane. Her best-known flights were made in 1934 and earned her a Harmon Trophy. Ingalls flew in a Lockheed Air Express from Mexico to Chile, over the Andes Mountains to Rio de Janeiro, to Cuba and then to Floyd Bennett Field in New

text: "Little House on the Prairie" books. "Director Travel & Conversation": Dean Butler, the director of "The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder", recounts the locations he traveled to and the people he interacted with while constructing the documentary. He pays particular attention to members of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in De Smet, South Dakota, who re-enacted the roles of the main characters from the "Little House on the Prairie" books. Scholars and historians interviewed for the documentary and bonus features include: Organizations and locations utilized for research materials and film production, including (but not exclusive to) re-enactors, archival photos,

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Long Winter" (1940). Once the family was settled in De Smet, Ingalls attended school, worked several part-time jobs, and made friends. Among them was bachelor homesteader Almanzo Wilder. This time in her life is documented in the books "Little Town on the Prairie" (1941) and "These Happy Golden Years" (1943). On December 10, 1882, two months before her 16th birthday, Ingalls accepted her first teaching position. She taught three terms in one-room schools when she was not attending school in De Smet. (In "Little Town on the Prairie" she receives her first teaching certificate on December 24, 1882, but that

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: afterward by correspondence. The collaboration worked both ways: two of Lane's most successful novels, "Let the Hurricane Roar" (1932) and "Free Land" (1938), were written at the same time as the "Little House" series and basically retold Ingalls and Wilder family tales in an adult format. Some, including Lane's biographer, Professor William Holtz, have alleged that she was Wilder's ghostwriter. Some others, such as Timothy Abreu of Gush Publishing, argue that Wilder was an "untutored genius", relying on her mainly for some early encouragement and her connections with publishers and literary agents. Still others contend that she took each of

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Troy, Minnesota. Her brother, Charles Frederick Ingalls ("Freddie"), was born there on November 1, 1875, dying nine months later in August 1876. In Burr Oak, Iowa, the family helped run a hotel. The youngest of the Ingalls children, Grace, was born there on May 23, 1877. The family moved from Burr Oak back to Walnut Grove where Ingalls' father served as the town butcher and justice of the peace. He accepted a railroad job in the spring of 1879, one of which took him to eastern Dakota Territory, where they joined him that fall. She did not write about the

title: Charles Ingalls

text: Charles Ingalls Charles Phillip Ingalls (; January 10, 1836June 8, 1902) was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House" series of books. He is depicted as the character "Pa" in the books and the television series. Charles Ingalls was born in Cuba, New York, the second of nine children of Lansford Whiting and Laura Louise (nee Colby) Ingalls. Ingalls' parents appear as "Grandpa" and "Grandma" in the Laura Ingalls Wilder book "Little House in the Big Woods". Ingalls' father was born in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Lower Canada (now Dunham, Quebec, Canada), a descendant of Henry Ingalls

title: Charles Ingalls

text: infant grandson who died at 12 days old, the child of daughter Laura and son-in-law Almanzo Wilder. Ingalls has been portrayed in the adaptations of "Little House on the Prairie" by: Charles Ingalls Charles Phillip Ingalls (; January 10, 1836June 8, 1902) was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House" series of books. He is depicted as the character "Pa" in the books and the television series. Charles Ingalls was born in Cuba, New York, the second of nine children of Lansford Whiting and Laura Louise (nee Colby) Ingalls. Ingalls' parents appear as "Grandpa" and "Grandma"

title: Wilder Homestead

text: pump house (2002). The Wilder family occupied the property until about 1875. The property is operated by the Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association as an interactive educational center, museum and working farm as in the time of Almanzo Wilder's childhood as depicted in the Laura Ingalls Wilder book "Farmer Boy". It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Wilder Homestead Wilder Homestead, also known as the Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder, is a historic home and farmstead in Burke in Franklin County, New York. Wilder was a farmer who married author Laura Ingalls Wilder. The

title: Carrie Ingalls

text: Carrie Ingalls "Not to be confused with her mother, Caroline Ingalls." Caroline "Carrie" Celestia Ingalls Swanzey (; August 3, 1870 – June 2, 1946) was the third child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, and was born in Montgomery County, Kansas. She was a younger sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who is known for her "Little House" books. As a child, Carrie Ingalls Swanzey (according to her sister Laura) had been small, thin and frail, and seemed to have suffered the most of all the Ingalls family members through the deprivations of the hard winter of 1880–81. Wilder remarks in a

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: 2012 article in the "New Yorker", "When Roosevelt was elected, she noted in her diary, 'America has a dictator.' She prayed for his assassination, and considered doing the job herself." Whatever Lane's politics, "attacks on [Wilder's] authorship seem aimed at infusing her books with ideological passions they just don’t have." The original Little House books, written for elementary school-age children, became an enduring, eight-volume record of pioneering life late in the 19th century based on the Ingalls family's experiences on the American frontier. "The First Four Years", about the early days of the Wilder marriage, was discovered by her literary

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: period in 1876–1877 when they lived near Burr Oak, but skipped directly to Dakota Territory, portrayed in "By the Shores of Silver Lake" (1939). Wilder's father filed for a formal homestead over winter 1879–1880. De Smet, South Dakota, became her parents' and sister Mary's home for the remainder of their lives. After spending the mild winter of 1879–1880 in the surveyor's house, they watched the town of De Smet rise up from the prairie in 1880. The following winter, 1880–1881, one of the most severe on record in the Dakotas, was later described by Ingalls Wilder in her novel, "The

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association, the homestead is an interactive educational center, museum and working farm. Almanzo Wilder Almanzo James Wilder (; February 13, 1857 – October 23, 1949) was the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted authors. Almanzo Wilder was born the fifth of six children to farmers James (1813–1899) and Angeline Day Wilder (1821–1905) on their farm outside Malone in Burke, New York. His siblings include Laura Ann (1844–1899), Royal Gould (1847–1925), Eliza Jane (1850–1930), Alice M. (1853–1892), and Perley Day (1869–1934). As part of her "Little House" series of

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: Almanzo Wilder Almanzo James Wilder (; February 13, 1857 – October 23, 1949) was the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted authors. Almanzo Wilder was born the fifth of six children to farmers James (1813–1899) and Angeline Day Wilder (1821–1905) on their farm outside Malone in Burke, New York. His siblings include Laura Ann (1844–1899), Royal Gould (1847–1925), Eliza Jane (1850–1930), Alice M. (1853–1892), and Perley Day (1869–1934). As part of her "Little House" series of autobiographical novels, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote a book titled "Farmer Boy" about Wilder's childhood in upstate

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder House

text: Historic Landmark on July 17, 1991. The Rock Cottage, located nearby on the same property, was built by their daughter Rose Wilder Lane as a gift to her parents, who lived there from 1928 to 1936. Laura began to write at the age of 65 in there. It is part of the Wilder Museum, but is not included in the National Historic Landmark designation. The Wilder house is an irregularly-shaped wood frame structure, typically 1-1/2 stories in height with a raised attic section that approaches two stories in places. The original kitchen and one other room are one story. It

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder House

text: was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991. Laura and Almanzo Wilder bought of farmland for $100 in 1894 that they named "Rocky Ridge." Two rooms of the house were initially built between 1895 and 1897. Further additions through 1912 brought the house to its present form with ten rooms. Most of the work was done by Almanzo, with help from local carpenters and from Laura, using local materials. The house is now a museum devoted to Laura and her writings. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1970, and was designated a National

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: Rocky Ridge Farm. Wilder died at the age of 92 on October 23, 1949 after suffering two heart attacks. Laura Ingalls Wilder died eight years later, on February 10, 1957. Their daughter, Rose Wilder Lane lived until 1968. All three of them are buried in Mansfield, and many of Wilder's possessions and handiwork can be seen today at Rocky Ridge Farm, as well as the Malone, New York and Spring Valley, Minnesota sites. The Rocky Ridge Farm is known today as the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Museum. From the accounts written by his wife and daughter, Almanzo Wilder appears

title: Rose Wilder Lane

text: president from 1859 to 1860), she was the second woman to hold the office. Rose Wilder was succeeded by Ayn Rand, who became the third woman to hold the office of the presidency. Rose Wilder Lane Rose Wilder Lane (December 5, 1886 – October 30, 1968) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, political theorist, and daughter of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Along with two other female writers, Ayn Rand and Isabel Paterson, Lane is noted as one of the founders of the American libertarian movement. Rose was the first child of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder, and

title: Grace Ingalls

text: Grace Ingalls Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow (; May 23, 1877 in Burr Oak, Iowa – November 10, 1941 in Manchester, South Dakota) was the fifth and last child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House on the Prairie" books. Following public school, Grace Ingalls studied to become a schoolteacher. After completing her training, she taught in the nearby town of Manchester, South Dakota, seven miles west of De Smet, South Dakota, where her family had settled. On October 16, 1901, she married Nathan William Dow in the parlor

title: Ingalls House (De Smet, South Dakota)

text: Ingalls House (De Smet, South Dakota) Ingalls House is a historic house museum at 210 3rd Street Southwest in De Smet, South Dakota. The house was a childhood home to the author Laura Ingalls Wilder. After living in the surveyor's house in town in 1879-80 and then homesteading for several years, Charles Phillip Ingalls constructed this town house in 1887, and it was occupied by the family until 1928. It features many furnishings crafted by Mr. Ingalls. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society purchased the house in 1967 and opened it to the public the next year. The bodies of

title: Rose Wilder Lane

text: Rose Wilder Lane Rose Wilder Lane (December 5, 1886 – October 30, 1968) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, political theorist, and daughter of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Along with two other female writers, Ayn Rand and Isabel Paterson, Lane is noted as one of the founders of the American libertarian movement. Rose was the first child of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder, and the only child of her parents to survive into adulthood. Her early years were a difficult time for her parents because of successive crop failures, illnesses, and chronic economic hardships. During her childhood,

text: South Dakota-born artist known for his paintings inspired by a love of the prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder, a contemporary of Harvey Dunn, kept one of his paintings above her writing desk. "The Morgan Horse": The versatile Morgan horse appears throughout the "Little House on the Prairie" books. This distinctive breed of horse could be used as both a show horse and for general labor, qualities much appreciated by their owners. "Art & Illustration": Cheryl Harness, artist and illustrator, describes her process for creating her original sketches and paintings used in the documentary and shares how she was inspired by the

text: in February 2015. Wilder's personal story as a writer, wife, and mother is explored through interviews with scholars and historians, passages from the "Little House on the Prairie" books, archival photography, paintings by frontier artists such as Harvey Dunn, dramatic reenactments, and original artwork. The DVD also examines topics relating to life and culture on the prairie. Dean Butler both narrates and directs "Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder." To give a sense of time, place, and scope of the prairie, extensive use is made of the frontier paintings by well-known artist, Harvey Dunn, who

title: Laura Ingalls (aviator)

text: Laura Ingalls (aviator) Laura Houghtaling Ingalls (December 14, 1893 – January 10, 1967) was an American pilot who won the Harmon Trophy. She was arrested in December 1941 and convicted of failing to register as a paid German agent. Ingalls was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 14, 1893 to Francis Abbott Ingalls I and Martha Houghtaling (April 7, 1865–ca. June 20, 1930). Martha was the daughter of David Harrison Houghtaling of Kingston, New York, who was a descendant of Jan Willemsen Hoogteling, who arrived in New Amsterdam on May 9, 1661. Laura wrote of her mother: "My mother,

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: he first met Laura Ingalls. The Ingalls family had been among the first settlers in the area, before the town was formally organized. They moved to the Dakota Territory from Walnut Grove, Minnesota, when Charles Ingalls took a brief job with the railroad. Ingalls wrote of Wilder's character in "The Long Winter". Along with his future wife's fellow school chum, Ed "Cap" Garland, Wilder risked his life to save the pioneers of De Smet from starvation during the hard winter of 1881, among them the Ingalls family. Wilder was 23 and Garland was 19 when, in between one of the

title: Laura Ingalls (aviator)

text: latter occasion, the reply stated that Ingalls had been of "special value of the Nazi propaganda machine". She died on January 10, 1967, in Burbank, California, aged 73. Laura Ingalls (aviator) Laura Houghtaling Ingalls (December 14, 1893 – January 10, 1967) was an American pilot who won the Harmon Trophy. She was arrested in December 1941 and convicted of failing to register as a paid German agent. Ingalls was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 14, 1893 to Francis Abbott Ingalls I and Martha Houghtaling (April 7, 1865–ca. June 20, 1930). Martha was the daughter of David Harrison Houghtaling

title: Edmund Ingalls

text: damages in the amount of £100 in accordance with a law just previously enacted in the Colony. This may have been the first claim of that sort in New England. His will was probated on September 16, 1648, and his estate appraised at a value of £135. Edmund Ingalls is recognized as an early American founder by The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. He is the ancestor of Charles Ingalls, of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Revolutionary War patriot Jonathan Ingalls, and of Salem Witch Trials victim Martha Carrier. Edmund Ingalls Edmund Ingalls (ca. 1598 –

title: John James Ingalls

text: He was buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison. In 1905, the state of Kansas donated a marble statue of Ingalls to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection. In 2011, Kansas had plans to replace Ingalls with Amelia Earhart. John James Ingalls was a second cousin of Charles Ingalls (father to "Little House on the Prairie"'s Laura Ingalls Wilder). John James Ingalls John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833August 16, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas. Ingalls is credited with suggesting the state motto and designing the state seal. John James

title: Grace Ingalls

text: siblings to succumb to the ailment. She is buried in the Ingalls family plot at De Smet Cemetery in De Smet, South Dakota; her husband is buried next to her. The couple had no children. Dow was portrayed in the television adaptations of Little House on the Prairie by: Grace Ingalls Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow (; May 23, 1877 in Burr Oak, Iowa – November 10, 1941 in Manchester, South Dakota) was the fifth and last child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her "Little House on the Prairie" books.

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: eight "original" Little House books were published by Harper & Brothers with illustrations by Helen Sewell (the first three) or by Sewell and Mildred Boyle. "" (February, 2015) is a one-hour documentary film that looks at the life of Wilder. Wilder's story as a writer, wife, and mother is explored through interviews with scholars and historians, archival photography, paintings by frontier artists, and dramatic reenactments. Multiple adaptations of Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" book series have been produced for screen and stage. In them, the following actresses have portrayed Wilder: Wilder was five times a runner-up for the annual

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: merchandising under MacBride's impetus. Results of the franchise have included additional spinoff book series — some written by MacBride and his daughter, Abigail — and the long-running television series, starring Melissa Gilbert as Wilder and Michael Landon as her father. Because she died in 1957, Wilder's works are now public domain in countries where the term of copyright lasts 50 years after the author's death, or less; generally this does not include works first published posthumously. Works first published before 1923 or where copyright was not renewed, primarily her newspaper columns, are also public domain in the United States. The

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: age 92. Wilder remained on the farm. For the next eight years, she lived alone, looked after by a circle of neighbors and friends. She continued an active correspondence with her editors, fans, and friends during these years. In autumn 1956, 89-year-old Wilder was severely ill from undiagnosed diabetes and cardiac issues. She was hospitalized by Lane, who had arrived for Thanksgiving. She was able to return home on the day after Christmas. However, her health declined after her release from the hospital, and she died in her sleep, at home, on February 10, 1957, three days after her 90th

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: the two writers at Rocky Ridge Farm the money they needed to recoup the loss of their investments in the stock market. Various honors, huge amounts of fan mail, and other accolades were bestowed on Wilder. In 1929–1930, already in her early 60s, Wilder began writing her autobiography, titled "Pioneer Girl." At the time, it was rejected by publishers and was never released. At Lane's urging, she rewrote most of her stories for children. The result was the "Little House" series of books. In 2014, the South Dakota State Historical Society published an annotated version of Wilder's autobiography, titled "Pioneer

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: the start ...[Laura's] talent for narrative description." Some volumes saw heavier participation by Lane, while "The First Four Years" (1971) appears to be exclusively a Wilder work. Concludes Miller, "In the end, the lasting literary legacy remains that of the mother more than that of the daughter ... Lane possessed style; Wilder had substance." The controversy over authorship is often tied to the movement to read the Little House series through an ideological lens. Lane emerged in the 1930s as an avowed conservative polemicist and critic of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and his New Deal programs. According to a

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Gentleman" magazine. It was also around this time that Lane began intensively encouraging Wilder to improve her writing skills with a view toward greater success as a writer than Lane had already achieved. The Wilders, according to Miller, had come to "[depend] on annual income subsidies from their increasingly famous and successful daughter." They both had concluded that the solution for improving their retirement income was for Wilder to become a successful writer, herself. However, the "project never proceeded very far." In 1928, Lane hired out the construction of an English-style stone cottage for her parents on property adjacent to

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: the increasing options offered to women during this era. While the couple was never wealthy until the "Little House" books began to achieve popularity, the farming operation and Wilder's income from writing and the Farm Loan Association provided them with a stable living. "[By] 1924", according to the Professor John E. Miller, "[a]fter more than a decade of writing for farm papers, Wilder had become a disciplined writer, able to produce thoughtful, readable prose for a general audience." At this time, her now-married daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, helped her publish two articles describing the interior of the farmhouse, in "Country

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: De Smet, Kingsbury County, in South Dakota. On the grave marker, he is remembered as "Baby Son of A. J. Wilder". Their first few years of marriage for the Wilder and her husband were frequently difficult. Complications from a life-threatening bout of diphtheria left Almanzo partially paralyzed. While he eventually regained nearly full use of his legs, he needed a cane to walk for the remainder of his life. This setback, among many others, began a series of unfortunate events that included the death of their newborn son; the destruction of their barn along with its hay and grain by

title: Wilder Homestead

text: Wilder Homestead Wilder Homestead, also known as the Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder, is a historic home and farmstead in Burke in Franklin County, New York. Wilder was a farmer who married author Laura Ingalls Wilder. The farmhouse was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features a small porch supported by square columns. It has a 1 1/2-story rear block with a small colonnaded portico. The property includes eight reconstructed outbuildings including a visitor's center (1989), corn crib (1989), three barns (1995, 1997, 1999), picnic pavilion (1998), rest rooms (1999), and

title: De Smet, South Dakota

text: De Smet in 1879 by covered wagon from Walnut Grove, Minnesota, is told by a cast of thirty in an open-air theater near the old Ingalls homestead and the Surveyors' House. Nearby are Silver Lake and the Big Slough, locales mentioned in her books. Reminders of De Smet's pioneer past are evident throughout the town, including the First Congregational Church, where the Ingalls family worshipped. In 1894, Laura and her husband Almanzo Wilder, with their daughter Rose, left De Smet to live on a farm in the Ozarks near Mansfield, Missouri. There, Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicled her South Dakota memories

title: Ingalls House (De Smet, South Dakota)

text: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Carrie, and Grace Ingalls, and the unnamed infant son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder are buried nearby in the De Smet Cemetery a little over a mile away. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. When the Ingalls lived there, fruit trees filled up the back yard and a vegetable garden was in the adjacent lot. Also a barn and a sand-point pump were in constant use. Ingalls House (De Smet, South Dakota) Ingalls House is a historic house museum at 210 3rd Street Southwest in De Smet, South Dakota. The

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: his life. El Manzoor, the name was. They changed it after a while in England ..." Laura Ingalls Wilder published in 1933 the novel "Farmer Boy", a mostly fictional account based on one year from Almanzo's childhood. Heather Williams wrote and published, in 2012, "Farmer Boy Goes West", another (and even more) fictional book based on Almanzo's childhood. Wilder was portrayed in the television adaptations of "Little House on the Prairie" by : The Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder near Malone, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Operated and sustained by the Almanzo

text: Rose continue to work together on subsequent novels, but Laura begins to assert herself more as she gains experience as a writer of children’s books, something which Rose is reluctant to support. In many instances Laura refuses to take Rose’ advice, such as leaving out how her sister, Mary Ingalls, becomes blind and is admitted to the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. Instead, Laura follows her own instincts about what should be included in the story and makes the incident a defining moment in "By the Shores of Silver Lake". Conversely, there are real-life incidents she purposely leaves out

text: Wilder Lane, now a successful professional writer, invites Laura to San Francisco to help improve her mother’s writings skills, which she does but not without pain and effort. With Rose as her editor, Laura is published in newspapers and magazines across the country. The documentary chronicles the difficult author/editor relationship between Laura and Rose. Rose moves back to Missouri to be close at hand as editor when Laura begins writing her first book "Little House in the Big Woods". Both persevere together through the rejections and drafts until the book is finally published in 1932 when Laura is 65 years

text: is during the journey to Missouri that Laura starts documenting her observations in personal journals which become source material for her "Little House on the Prairie" books. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s writing career begins almost as an accident in 1911 when she declines to give a speech and instead has someone else read what she has written. The editor of the "Missouri Ruralist" magazine hears it and offers her a position as a columnist. For nine years thereafter she writes articles about farmers and farm life but in particular about issues important to farm women. After a time her daughter, Rose

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: birthday. She was buried beside Almanzo at Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield. Lane was buried next to them upon her death in 1968. Following Wilder's death, possession of Rocky Ridge Farm passed to the farmer who had earlier bought the property under a life lease arrangement. The local population put together a non-profit corporation to purchase the house and its grounds for use as a museum. After some wariness at the notion of seeing the house rather than the books be a shrine to Wilder, Lane came to believe that making a museum of it would draw long-lasting attention to the

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: Girl: The Annotated Autobiography". "Pioneer Girl" includes stories that Wilder felt were inappropriate for children: e.g., a man accidentally immolating himself while drunk, and an incident of extreme violence of a local shopkeeper against his wife, which ended with his setting their house on fire. She also describes previously unknown facets of her father's character. According to its publisher, "Wilder's fiction, her autobiography, and her real childhood are all distinct things, but they are closely intertwined." The book's aim was to explore the differences, including incidents with conflicting or non-existing accounts in one or another of the sources. Upon Lane's

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: the farmhouse they had personally built and still inhabited. She remodeled and took it over. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 wiped the Wilders out; Lane's investments were devastated as well. They still owned the 200 acre (81 hectare) farm, but they had invested most of their savings with Lane's broker. In 1930, Wilder requested Lane's opinion about an autobiographical manuscript she had written about her pioneering childhood. The Great Depression, coupled with the deaths of Wilder's mother in 1924 and her older sister in 1928, seem to have prompted her to preserve her memories in a life story called

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: 20 years a relatively prosperous poultry, dairy, and fruit farm, and a 10-room farmhouse. The Wilders had learned from cultivating wheat as their sole crop in De Smet. They diversified Rocky Ridge Farm with poultry, a dairy farm, and a large apple orchard. Wilder became active in various clubs and was an advocate for several regional farm associations. She was recognized as an authority in poultry farming and rural living, which led to invitations to speak to groups around the region. An invitation to submit an article to the "Missouri Ruralist" in 1911 led to Wilder's permanent position as a

text: of age. However, Rose feels her writing skills are superior to her mother’s and this leads to conflict between the two. As Laura struggles to write a second novel about Almanzo Wilder called "Farmer Boy", and could use Rose’s help, Rose is busy writing her own novel, "Let the Hurricane Roar" (reissued in 1976 as "Young Pioneers"), which she bases on her mother’s memoirs without asking permission. The relationship between the two becomes strained when Laura finds this out and only improves when Rose volunteers to do research for "Farmer Boy". "Farmer Boy" is published in 1933, and Laura and

title: Laura Bush

text: literacy programs. She coordinated this as a result of her many trips abroad where she witnessed how literacy benefited children in poorer nations. On July 28, 2008, she visited Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock, North Carolina, where she met with superintendent Connie Backlund and the Friends of Carl Sandburg Home's President Linda Holt as well as various students from Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County, North Carolina. On October 3, 2008, she visited Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum where she praised her works such as "Farmer Boy", "These Happy Golden Years" and "The

title: Butch Baldassari

text: CD series that will record and collect the 127 songs Pa Ingalls played in the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Baldassari was involved in the production of the first two CDs in the series: "Arkansas Traveler" and "Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder". He also performed on "The Pa's Fiddle Primer" CD which accompanies the PBS TV special "Pa's Fiddle: The Music of America". Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder is part of the We the People National Endowment for the Humanities collection, which is distributed to 2,000 public, school, and military libraries in

title: Laura Ingalls Wilder

text: departure from Rocky Ridge Farm, her parents moved back into the farmhouse they had built, which had most recently been occupied by friends. From 1935 on, they were alone at Rocky Ridge Farm. Most of the surrounding area (including the property with the stone cottage Lane had built for them) was sold, but they still kept some farm animals, and tended their flower beds and vegetable gardens. Almost daily, carloads of fans stopped by, eager to meet "Laura" of the "Little House" books. The Wilders lived independently and without financial worries until Almanzo's death at the farm in 1949 at

title: Children's Literature Legacy Award

text: Children's Literature Legacy Award The Children's Literature Legacy Award (known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal until 2018) is a prize awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have, over a period of years, made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature. The bronze medal prize was named after its first winner, twentieth-century American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Originally, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was awarded every five years, awarding six prizes between 1955 and 1980.

title: A Little House Traveler

text: A Little House Traveler A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Journeys Across America is a collection of early writings by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House series of children's novels. It consists of three parts: "On the Way Home", a diary originally published in 1962; "West from Home", a collection of letters from Wilder to her husband Almanzo Wilder written in 1915 and published in 1974; and "The Road Back", a previously unpublished diary. "The Road Back" is Laura Ingalls Wilder's journal written during an automobile trip from Mansfield, Missouri to DeSmet, South Dakota

title: Dan Ingalls

text: environment called Lively Kernel, which allows live, interactive Web programming and objects from inside Web browsers. While best known for his work on Smalltalk, Ingalls is also known for developing an optical character recognition system for Devanagari writing, which he did at the instigation of his father, Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr., a professor of Sanskrit. He lives near the beach in Rio del Mar/Aptos, California with his wife Cathleen Galas, where he contributes to development of the Squeak implementation of Smalltalk, JavaScript research, and the Lively Kernel Project, which now resides at the Hasso Plattner Institute. Ingalls has most

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: and a new settlement outside town where she was teaching school and boarding. Three years later, on August 25, 1885, Wilder and Ingalls were married in De Smet by the Reverend Edward Brown. They settled on Wilder's claim and began their own small farming operations. The Wilders' daughter, Rose, was born December 5, 1886. Rose Wilder later became known as the author Rose Wilder Lane, a noted political writer and philosopher. During their first years of marriage, described in "The First Four Years", the Wilders were plagued by bad weather, illness, and large debts. In the spring of 1888, Wilder

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: to have been a quiet, stoic man, representative of the time and culture in which he lived. His love of farming, horses, and rural living are well documented among his family and friends' written recollections. In one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, "Little Town on the Prairie", the attribution of her husband's unusual first name reads thus: "It was wished on me. My folks have got a notion there always has to be an Almanzo in the family, because 'way back in the time of the Crusades there was a Wilder went to them, and an Arab or somebody saved

title: West from Home

text: about what you know'." West from Home West from Home is a collection of letters sent by the American journalist Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband Almanzo Wilder in 1915, published by Harper & Row in 1974 with the subtitle "Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915". It was edited by Roger MacBride, the literary executor of their daughter Rose Wilder Lane, and provided with a historical "setting by Margot Patterson Doss". Wilder had been sent to San Francisco to write about the 1915 World's Fair and she visited Rose, who lived in that city, when she was 48

title: West from Home

text: West from Home West from Home is a collection of letters sent by the American journalist Laura Ingalls Wilder to her husband Almanzo Wilder in 1915, published by Harper & Row in 1974 with the subtitle "Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915". It was edited by Roger MacBride, the literary executor of their daughter Rose Wilder Lane, and provided with a historical "setting by Margot Patterson Doss". Wilder had been sent to San Francisco to write about the 1915 World's Fair and she visited Rose, who lived in that city, when she was 48 years old and Rose

title: Rose Wilder Lane

text: bought the property on a life lease, allowing her to remain in residence. The local population put together a non-profit corporation to purchase the house and its grounds, for use as a museum. After some wariness at the notion of seeing the house rather than the books themselves be a shrine to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lane came to believe that making it into a museum would draw long-lasting attention to the books, and sustain the theme of Individualism she and her mother wove into the series. She donated the money needed to purchase the house and make it a museum,

title: Nellie Oleson

text: Nellie Oleson Nellie Oleson is a fictional character in the Little House series of autobiographical children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was portrayed by Alison Arngrim in the NBC television show "Little House on the Prairie" (1974 to 1983), where her role is much expanded. Three different girls from Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood — Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters and Stella Gilbert — were the basis for the fictional Nellie Oleson. Owens was born on August 2, 1869, two years after Laura Ingalls. She had a younger brother; "William B. Owens" (1881-1934; played by Jonathan Gilbert in the television

title: Mary Ingalls

text: out a room in their home for extra income. Following her mother's death in April 1924, Ingalls lived for a time with her sister, Grace Ingalls Dow in Manchester, South Dakota. After that, Ingalls travelled to Keystone, South Dakota, to live with her sister Carrie Ingalls Swanzey. It was there that Ingalls suffered from a stroke and died not long after as a result of pneumonia October 20, 1928 at the age of 63. Her body was returned to De Smet, where she was buried in the Ingalls family plot next to her parents at De Smet Cemetery. Ingalls was

title: Burr Oak, Iowa

text: was 39.2 years. The gender makeup of the city was 52.4% male and 47.6% female. Burr Oak, Iowa Burr Oak is a small unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States, very close to the Minnesota state line. Burr Oak is a census-designated place and the population was 166 in the 2010 census. Burr Oak was platted in 1855. The village is one of the homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House on the Prairie" books. Grace Ingalls, the youngest of the Ingalls children, was born there in 1877. There is a Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in

title: Burr Oak, Iowa

text: Burr Oak, Iowa Burr Oak is a small unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States, very close to the Minnesota state line. Burr Oak is a census-designated place and the population was 166 in the 2010 census. Burr Oak was platted in 1855. The village is one of the homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House on the Prairie" books. Grace Ingalls, the youngest of the Ingalls children, was born there in 1877. There is a Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in the local Masters Hotel. Hamlin Garland, noted American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist,

title: Manchester, South Dakota

text: elevators, a depot, a restaurant, a cream station, a bank, a pool hall, auto repair, blacksmith shops, gas stations, two churches, a system of township schools including Manchester High School, a hotel, a newspaper and a fabled town pump". Grace Ingalls Dow, sister of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder, spent a significant part of her adult life in Manchester. She worked as a teacher in the local school and died in 1941. Her sister Mary Ingalls lived with her for a while as well. Laura Ingalls Wilder spent many years (and set several of her "Little

title: De Smet, South Dakota

text: in such works as "The Long Winter", "Little Town on the Prairie", and "These Happy Golden Years". Many residents in De Smet have made a special effort to learn the Ingalls' stories in hopes of assisting inquiring tourists each summer. De Smet was the childhood home of children's book author Laura Ingalls Wilder and is the birthplace of her daughter, author and activist Rose Wilder Lane. Ingalls Wilder's father, Charles Ingalls, emigrated to De Smet in 1879 with his wife, Caroline, and their children Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace. There, after first living in the Surveyor House and a couple

title: Little House on the Prairie

text: where they settled permanently. It was published in 1962 and includes commentary by Rose Wilder Lane. The first book of the "Little House" series, "Little House in the Big Woods", was published in 1932. This first book did well when it was first published. The "Little House" books were reissued by Ursula Nordstrom to be illustrated by Garth Williams. Before writing the "Little House" series Laura Ingalls Wilder was a columnist in a farm journal. Her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, was the motivator behind Wilder's writing and publishing of the first book. Since the first book, there have been around

title: Almanzo Wilder

text: horrific blizzards that shook the region during the 1880–1881 winter, they went in search of wheat a farmer had supposedly harvested to the southwest of De Smet in the summer of 1880. They managed to find the farmer and purchase. After a difficult negotiation, they hauled 60 bushels of wheat on sleds that continually broke through the snow into slough grass, barely making it back to De Smet before a four-day blizzard hit the area. When Wilder was 25 years old and Ingalls was age 15, the two began courting. Wilder would drive Ingalls back and forth between De Smet

title: Laura Live World Tour 09

text: Laura Live World Tour 09 Laura Live World Tour 09 is the thirteenth album (third live album) of Italian singer – songwriter Laura Pausini which is recorded in different countries during Laura's World Tour 2009. The live album is for the first time, published in the Spanish and Latin market entitled Laura Live Gira Mundial 09. The album was released on 27 November 2009. Laura Live was anticipated by the release of Laura Pausini's single Con la musica alla radio on 25 September 2009. The CD version contains 18 tracks, where 15 of them were recorded on tour in different

title: Wilbur R. Ingalls Jr.

text: Wilbur R. Ingalls Jr. Wilbur R. Ingalls Jr., (February 21, 1923 − September 23, 1997) was an American architect from the state of Maine. Ingalls focused mainly on schools, but also designed other types of public buildings such as churches and banks. Wilbur R. Ingalls Jr. was the son of Laura Lewis Ingalls and Wilbur R. Ingalls Sr. He was born in Portland, Maine and attended Portland Public Schools, graduating from Deering High School in 1942. Ingalls was a member of the United States Army and served in Europe during World War II. During his time in the Army, Ingalls