The Real Laura Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie
My Girl Hero Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of my favorite writers, not just because her stories are so interesting to read but because many of the events she describes really happened to her.
Laura Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867 just outside of the little village of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the second oldest of her parent's four surviving children, all of which were girls.
Laura's parents were pioneers heading west, just one of thousands of families encouraged by the US government to set up homesteads on lands that had belonged to Native American tribes.
So, through most of her childhood, her family moved A LOT.
Beginning in Wisconsin,
they moved to Missouri,
then Kansas,
then back to Wisconsin,
then Minnesota,
then Iowa,
then back to Minnesota,
then to the Dakota Territories
Then they finally settled down in South Dakota. (show lines on map on iphone?)
Phew!
You practically need an app to keep up.
When she was 18, Laura Ingalls married Almanzo Wilder. When they first settled down, the future looked promising but her life grew hard. Almanzo became ill, family deaths and terrible fires took their toll and the young family's finances began to fail.
So once again in Laura's life, she went on the move. Laura, Almanzo and their daughter, Rose, finally settled in Mansfield, Missouri and this is where her writing career began.
Laura worked as a writer and editor for a local newspaper and developed a loyal readership who enjoyed her stories of home and family life, travel adventures and the expanding options for women of the times. At the same time, Rose, now grown-up and travelling the world had become a well known writer on her own.
Rose encouraged her mother to expand on the stories she had already begun work on based on her pioneer childhood but it wasn't until the legendary stock market crash in 1929 that publishing the stories became urgent.
You see, Laura and her husband lost most of their money at the beginning of the Great Depression. Millions of people were out of work, farms were drying up and times were bad for everyone. With Rose's experience in publishing, Laura was able to quickly improve her stories and find a publisher.
And I am am so glad she did. I love the Little House books and so do millions of others around the world.
Ever since the her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, was published in 1932, Laura's books have never stopped being printed and have been translated into 40 languages.
Laura Ingalls Wilder lived to the grand old age of 90 but she will forever live on in my imagination as little Laura Ingalls.
Thank you, Laura!
Image and Sound Attributions
Rocky Ridge Farm, Mansfield, Missouri By TimothyMN - CC BY-SA 3.0,
Gravesite of Laura Ingalls Wilder and husband Almanzo Wilder at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri. Buried next to them is daughter Rose Wilder Lane. By Julie Jordan Scott - CC BY 2.0,
Map of the United States of America 1845 courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center used under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
Little House Wayside - Birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Aaron Carlson used under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
State of Wisconsin 1886 courtesy of Norman B. Leventhal Map Center used under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
iPhone by World Super Cars at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Little House on the prarie book image by m01229 used under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Entrance to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove, Minnesota image By Scott Catron (English Wikipedia [1]) [GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Rag Dolls used under CC0-Public Domain (
Corn Husk Doll By John Morgan (Flickr: Palm Doll) [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Pioneer Girl, Helping Mom, Oak Glen, Ca 5-2008 by Don Graham used under Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Rocket sound by Cydon used under the Creative Commons License
Tardis By Edjoerv (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Walnut Grove - 1890
According the State of Arizona 2009 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan,
February 22, 1890, the most significant dam failure experienced in the State occurred in Walnut Grove. The dam failed due to overtopping and the ensuing flood caused an estimated 150 deaths and extensive destruction of property. The failure was blamed on inadequate capacity of the spillway and poor construction. Located 30 miles by river north of Wickenburg on the Hassayampa River, the dam was built to provide water for irrigation and gold placer mining. The rock fill structure was 110 feet high, 400 feet long, had a base width of 140 feet, a top width of 10 feet, and a spillway of 5-20 feet long. The lake was 2.5 miles long by one mile wide covering over 1,000 acres, an average depth of 60 feet. Based upon various accounts of the Walnut Grove Dam failure, the weather at the time was rain and melting snow. The day before the breach, water in the lake rose rapidly at the rate of about one and one-half foot per hour. The spillway was enlarged to allow excess water to escape but the effort was insufficient to stop water from running over the top. A sheet of water three feet thick reportedly poured over the dam top for six hours. Between 1:00 - 2:00 A.M. on February 22, 1890 the dam broke and the lake drained in one to two hours. The water rushed down Box Canyon, a narrow, steep canyon in a body 80 feet high. Floodwaters reached Wickenburg, 30 miles downstream in two hours and was reportedly still in a column 40 feet high.
I invite you to read Arizona's Worst Disaster - The Hassayampa Story - 1886-2009 by Jim Liggett. Copies are available at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Two important men were directly involved in the incident:
W.O. Bucky O'Neill, the Yavapai County Sheriff, is a legendary historic figure who served with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Read Rough Rider: Bucky O'Neill of Arizona by Dale L. Walker for more information about O'Neill important role in Arizona history.
Alexander Brodie was employed as the superintendent of the Walnut Grove Dam. Brodie went on to serve with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. He served as Territorial Governor of Arizona from 1902 to 1905.
All images are used by permission of the Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project. The song is copyrighted by Robert T. Gibney 2011.
Walnut Grove Then & Now
A whole new video montage with new then & now views from the Big Sky Movie Ranch where Little House On The Prairie was filmed
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Un tout nouveau montage vidéo avec de nouvelles images avant/après du Big Sky Movie Ranch où la série La petite maison dans la Prairie été tournée
Walnut Grove Pioneer Village
Walnut Grove Pioneer Village Tourist Attraction. Located At Scott County Park, Long Grove, Iowa. USA.
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
Sarah Uthoff portrays author Laura Ingalls Wilder to tell family stories about Christmas. Event held at the Hoover Presidential Library on November 19, 2010.
Filming location of Little House on the Prairie
Our California Vacation, we visited Simi Valley at the Big Sky Movie Ranch where Little House on the Prairie was filmed.
Rose Wilder Lane | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Rose Wilder Lane
00:00:22 1 Early life
00:01:31 2 Early career, marriage and divorce
00:05:50 3 Freelance writing career
00:09:14 4 Literary collaboration
00:12:48 5 Successful novels
00:14:39 6 Return to journalism, societal views
00:17:08 7 iThe Discovery of Freedom/i
00:21:20 8 Later years and death
00:24:38 9 In the media
00:26:40 10 Bibliography
00:28:40 11 See also
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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 Wilder Lane: A Longing for Far-Away and Unimagined Places (Part Two)
Pamela Smith Hill investigates Rose Wilder Lane’s writing, questioning the truthfulness of her prose and touching briefly on her struggles with depression.
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Predictions Of Rising Waters Force Evacuations In Walnut Grove
New Hope Landing and RV Park sits on the south fork of the Mokelumne River. Residents that live here spent Thursday night packing up, hoping to get out before the flooding starts this weekend.
Walnut Grove Park Omaha Nebraska
Retaking a look at Walnut Grove Park in the day, come join us as we spend some time with fish, birds and frogs.
Hitler is informed that today is Laura Ingalls Wilder's 148th Birthday
Hitler learns about today is Laura Ingalls Wilder's 148th Birthday
Born: February 7, 1867, Pepin, Wisconsin, United States
Died: February 10, 1957, Mansfield, Missouri, United States (aged 90)
Cause of Death: Complications of diabetes mellitus
Walnut Grove Campground.avi
Lower Huron Metropark, located in southern Wayne County, Michigan, just outside Detroit, has opened a new campground. Called Walnut Hills Campground, it features 27 rustic campsites in a limited access portion of the large park. The Metropark also features fishing along the Huron River, waterpark and pools, paved hike/bike trails, Par 3 golf course and tons of picnic areas.
Wayside Cabin Pepin, WI Sept. 2009
This was taken at the Wayside Cabin, a replica of Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthplace, seven miles outside of Pepin Wisconsin during Laura Ingalls Wilder Days in 2009.
Little House on the Prairie Today Show Reunion April 30 2014
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
Author Wendy McClure visits the Hoover Presidential Library-Museum to discuss her new book The Wilder Life.
7 Real Life Film Locations That You Can Visit
7 Real Life Film Locations That You Can Visit
Starwars
Despite taking place in a galaxy far, far away, the locations in the films were shot on Earth (to a lesser extent in Episodes I, II, and III, which relied heavily on special effects). The filmmakers used a variety of locales, from the Palace of Caserta in Italy (stand-in for the Naboo Royal Palace in The Phantom Menace and The Attack of the Clones) to China’s Guilin mountains (Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk). But it all started in Tunisia, where George Lucas shot most of the scenes on Tatooine for the original movie, including the town used for Mos Eisley.
The U.S. Department of State is currently advising Americans to exercise extreme caution should they decide to visit Tunisia. If you want to remain stateside, head to Dante’s View and other sections of Death Valley National Park, which served as additional scenes of Tatooine
Time after time (san fransisco)
A fictional H.G. Wells uses his time machine to travel forward into the future, in order to track down Jack the Ripper. He arrives in San Francisco of 1979, and in one scene Wells finds the killer at the Hyatt Regency hotel, which feature an iconic lobby and elevators that were also used in The Towering Inferno and High Anxiety.
Time After Time received several Saturn Awards and nominations. Interestingly, the Hyatt hotel’s architect, John Portman, based the lobby design on an early sci-fi film, Things to Come, based on a story by H.G. Wells.
Gattaca (Marin County, California)
The fantastically sci-fi interiors and exteriors of the buildings in this 1997 film (about a future world where eugenics is a norm) are actually the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, an architect known for challenging design norms of his time, designed this landmark structure. In fact, the building was highly controversial, including the pink color choice. George Lucas also used the facility for THX 1138 (see below) and
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Ghostbusters (New York City)
The Firehouse Headquarters in the Ghostbusters film is so iconic that even Lego has created a 4,500-piece model of it. In the film, the building was abandoned before the ghost hunters moved in, but it’s actually a working fire station in New York City, located in Lower Manhattan. Unfortunately, you won’t find an Ecto-1 parked anywhere inside
Jurassic Park (Kauai, Hawaii)
Perhaps the unsung star of the Jurassic Park franchise is that beautiful backdrop. The tropical setting in the movies were filmed on location in the Hawaiian island of Kauai, which is as close to paradise as it’s going to get. No, you won’t get to run alongside the Gallimimus, but there will be plenty of exotic wildlife and plant life to ogle at. Kauai has also been used for other science-fiction movies, including Avatar and SyFy’s Piranhaconda.
That is Film Hollywood Location you can visit. Movie Location hidden scene
LauraPalooza 2012 Days 5 + 6 July 15-16 2012
The last two days of the LauraPalooza trip find our host Sarah Uthoff in De Smet, SD and heading home.
Minnesota - 50 States - US Geography
Minnesota became the 32nd US state on May 11, 1858. Minnesota's official nickname is the Gopher State, but you may know it better as The Land of 10,000 Lakes. The name Minnesota comes from the Dakota word for clear blue water.
Our series of US geography videos Visit the 50 States, gives you a little history and interesting facts about each state. For every state, you'll learn when it entered the Union, what's its motto, how did it get its nickname, and see what the flag, seal, and state capitol building all look like. We'll find the state capital on the map! There's also fun trivia - do you know the state tree, flower, and bird? Watch and find out!
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Missouri Sky (Part Two)
Pamela Smith Hill chronicles life at Rocky Ridge Farm for the Wilders, and Laura’s beginning career as a columnist for the Missouri Ruralist.
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A New Order: Change for Women in the U.S. Military Pt I
A New Order: Change for Women in the U.S. Military
October 2, 2013
Dr. Leisa Meyer
Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught
Moderated by Eleanor Clift