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Birth and ancestry. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born to Charles Phillip and Caroline Lake (née Quiner) Ingalls on February 7, 1867. At the time of Ingalls' birth, the family lived seven miles north of the village of Pepin, Wisconsin, in the Big Woods region of Wisconsin.
5 days ago · Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American author of children’s fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest. She is best known for her book Little House on the Prairie (1935), part of a very popular series of ‘Little House’ books.
Visit The Historic Home & Museum. Fans visiting the last of Laura’s homes on Rocky Ridge Farm in Mansfield, Missouri will discover the chapters of Laura’s life which contain events that honed her writing skills and ultimately inspired her cherished Little House books. Learn More.
Apr 2, 2014 · Pioneer author Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the autobiographical 'Little House' kids' book series, the basis of the popular television show 'Little House on the Prairie.'
Nov 19, 2020 · Laura Ingalls Wilder biographical timeline. November 19, 2020. Laura Ingalls Wilder, c. 1930s. Photo: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls is born in “the...
May 13, 2024 · Welcome. In 1876, when Laura was nine years old, the Ingalls family left Walnut Grove, Minnesota, after suffering through two years of grasshopper plagues. They traveled to Burr Oak, Iowa, to help manage the Masters Hotel, owned by their friend, William Steadman, also from Walnut Grove.
Nov 3, 2023 · Laura Ingalls Wilder, the woman behind the Little House books really was born in the time of westward expansion -- February 7, 1867, outside Pepin, Wisconsin.
