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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 his life.
Gravesite of Laura Ingalls Wilder and husband Almanzo Wilder at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri. Buried next to them is daughter Rose Wilder Lane. In autumn 1956, 89-year-old Wilder became severely ill from undiagnosed diabetes and cardiac issues.
The Road Back is Laura Ingalls Wilder's journal written during an automobile trip from Mansfield, Missouri to DeSmet, South Dakota and the Black Hills, with her husband Almanzo in 1931, to visit the family and collect materials for the autobiographical Little House books.
Jenna Bush Hager will have some new faces joining her as co-host of the Today show once Hoda Kotb makes her exit later this week — and the list is star-studded! On Monday, Jan. 6, Bush Hager, 43 ...
On Sept. 8, Laura and Peter joined the TODAY family in Studio 1A ahead of the new team's debut. “There’s a tradition on the first day when they have the announce, when we say the anchor’s name.
Seven months later, Laura was announced as co-host of Saturday TODAY, replacing Kristen Welker who was named moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press. Jarrett began her new role on Sept. 9, alongside ...
Little House Country: A Photo Guide to the Home Sites of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Kansas City, MO: Terrell Publ., 1989), photographs by Leslie A. Kelly, 48 pp., OCLC 20654987; Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and Places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life and Books (Harper, 1990), photos Leslie A. Kelly
In 1894, the Wilder family settled on Rocky Ridge Farm in Mansfield, Missouri, where Laura and her husband, Almanzo, will live for the rest of their lives. It 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.