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In 1874, when Wilder was seven years old, the family left their home near Pepin for the second time, and settled just outside Walnut Grove, Minnesota.Walnut Grove may be the most recognized name of all the towns Wilder wrote about in her books (although it is the only town she did not mention by name) because Michael Landon's television series Little House on the Prairie of the 1970s and 1980s ...
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society purchased the house in 1967 and opened it to the public the next year. The bodies of Charles, Caroline, Mary, Carrie, and Grace Ingalls, and the unnamed infant son of Laura and Almanzo Wilder and Grace’s husband, Nathan Dow, are buried nearby in the De Smet Cemetery a little over a mile away.
De Smet is the town where the family of author Laura Ingalls Wilder finally settled, and is the birthplace of Ingalls Wilder's daughter, author and activist Rose Wilder Lane. Ingalls Wilder's father, Charles Ingalls, moved to De Smet in 1879 with his wife, Caroline, and their children Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace. There, after first living in ...
Rose Wilder Lane birthplace roadside marker – De Smet Laura and Almanzo Wilder, circa 1885 Location of Wilder homestead where both of Wilder's children were born – De Smet Ingalls' teaching career and studies ended when she married Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885, in De Smet, South Dakota.
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.
As of 2023, an observation tower near Silver Lake is being constructed with the aid of the National Park Service and various local agencies to allow tourists to better observe the landscape described in Wilder's books. [6] As of 2022, planning was underway for the construction of additional hiking trails and boardwalks in Big Slough. [7] [1]
It was converted into a home by the Ingalls family during the winter of 1879-80. The family's experiences in the shanty were the subject of Wilder's By the Shores of Silver Lake, one of her most popular works. In 1967, the building was purchased by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc., a local group, and now serves as a museum.
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