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The Ingalls Family and Us

In March 1974, “Little House on the Prairie” premiered on network television. Based on the children’s books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, this dramatic series ran for nine years, garnered four Emmys and 16 nominations, and remains one of the most successful shows in the history of television. Despite its age, “Little House” remains popular with…


When the Little House on the Prairie Met Disaster

Life on Plum Creek that June of 1875 looked bright as a new penny to Charles Ingalls, his wife Caroline, and their three young daughters. For months, the family had lived in a dugout on their homestead while Charles plowed fields for wheat and dug a well near the spot where he planned to build…


Book Recommender: ‘Pioneer Girl,’ A Look into the Spellbinding, Never-Before-Published Manuscript of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Few consider their circumstances or the era in which they live as distinct or significant until later-in-life reflection. This was the case for Laura Ingalls Wilder. Born in the Big Woods region of Wisconsin two years after the Civil War’s end, Wilder spent her childhood and adult life enduring every imaginable hardship and heartache in…