In 1995, Minnesota and surrounding states designated Hwy. 14 as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway, to mark the family’s path. On a map, it seems like a simple journey — almost a straight shot ...

Laura Ingalls was born Feb. 7, 1867, in a log cabin in Pepin, Wis. The family's trip from Pepin to their ultimate destination in De Smet, S.D., would take less than seven hours today; for Laura and ...

Publisher: Solander Press While her sister Laura chronicles their life on the frontier, Carrie Ingalls forges her own path.

The allure of South Dakota's pioneer and Wild West history attracts visitors from around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of visitors a year come to South Dakota to learn more about its pioneer and ...

It was a dark and stormy night. Make that very dark and very stormy. Bursts of lightning exploded in the sky. Thunder shook the very ground where our covered wagon stood. Yes, a covered wagon. Well, ...

Laura and Almanzo began courting when they were 16 and 23, respectively. After nearly three years, the couple tied the knot on Aug. 25, 1885, at the Reverend Edward Brown’s home in De Smet, South ...

Laura's Christmas On The Prairie A Radio Play.It is December and Laura Ingalls has already had enough of winter on the wide-open, lonely prairie. The cold days and long nights weigh on her such that ...

Mother says there are some “country girls” coming to town. Look for the rag curls falling out of poke bonnets, the calico cotton dresses flouncing in the hot wind and perhaps a dust-covered wagon ...

DE SMET, S.D. – Hundreds of thousands of tourists every year frequent sites tied to South Dakota's pioneer and Wild West history, and cemeteries are among the historic sites that bring the past to ...