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To preserve protect and care for the collection and historic buildings. Laura Days is held annually during the second full weekend in September in the village and surrounding hillsides of Lauras birthplace - Pepin Wisconsin.

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Welcome to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum Enjoy learning the history of the Ingalls Family in Walnut Grove at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Gift Store.

. The museum stands on the original land where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived with her family in a one-room log cabin in 1870. The Ingalls family lived in Walnut Grove for a few years in a dugout which is not remaining located out of town and an extra fee. Laura Ingalls Wilder née Laura Ingalls born February 7 1867 Lake Pepin Wisconsin USdied February 10 1957 Mansfield Missouri American author of childrens fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest.

Laura Ingalls Wilder had about as many homes as Edgar Allen Poe. And to sustain the historic landscape. In my opinion two are the most important.

The mission of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home. On the Banks of Plum Creek is an autobiographical childrens novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1937 the fourth of nine books in her Little House seriesIt is based on a few years of her childhood when the Ingalls lived at Plum Creek near Walnut Grove Minnesota during the 1870sThe original dust jacket proclaimed The true story of an American pioneer. Just like the characters in her stories Laura and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest and experienced many of the same adventures.

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in the Wisconsin woods in 1867. The home in DeSmet South Dakota and the home in Mansfield Missouri. As a 501c3 organization the goal is to continue to educate the public about the author Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie Books and life on the Prairie in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The museum in Walnut Grove is. She finally settled down in. The museums collections are housed in a series of interesting buildings including an 1898 depot a chapel an onion-domed house dugout display little red schoolhouse early settler home.

Each historic structure offers a glimpse into living conditions during the the late 1800s while also showcasing some original artifacts. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes offers tours of two original homes of the Ingalls family and an original school that Laura and Carrie attended. She wrote the Little House books based on her own experiences growing up on the Western frontier.

Laura Ingalls grew up in a family that moved frequently from one part of the American frontier to another. Throughout your tour you will learn about the Ingalls arrival to Dakota Territory in 1879 The Long Winter of 1880-81 Pioneer Schooling and the lives of the family including Charles Caroline Mary Laura Carrie Grace and Lauras daughter Rose. Her father took the family.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Days is a family-oriented event featuring arts educational entertainment based on the early American pioneer experience of storybook author Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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