Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer. The Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. [1] The television series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) was loosely based on the ...
Mansfield, Missouri. Mansfield, Missouri, is the chosen final home town of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was here, on her farm, that she wrote the Little House books. Each year the whole town celebrates with a festival, turning back the clock to the late 19th century. During the festival, the town square becomes a showcase for handmade crafts.
The Little House on the Prairie books comprise a series of American children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls). The stories are based on her childhood and adolescence in the American Midwest ( Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Missouri) between 1870 and 1894. [1]
Labette County, Kansas [1] (7 miles NE of Cherryvale) The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872. [1] The family supposedly consisted of John Bender, his wife Elvira (or Almira), their son John Jr., and their daughter Kate.
The State of Kansas designated the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Ingalls family near Independence as a historic site; it is open to visitors. It is the location where the Charles Ingalls family resided between 1869-1871 and is described in his daughter Laura Ingalls Wilder's book Little House on the Prairie.
July 17, 1991. 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.
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 shown 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).
The South Dakota hometown of Laura Ingalls Wilder is set for a growth spurt. Gannett. Bart Pfankuch. May 16, 2024 at 7:10 AM. The small tourism community of De Smet, the county seat of Kingsbury ...