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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

DE SMET, S.D. (AP) — A rural South Dakota county known mainly as the former home of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder is on the precipice of rapid growth as two record-setting agricultural ...

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 Ingalls Wilder fictionalized her life in the Little House on the Prairie books, which were adapted into the hit 1974 TV series, but neither work tells Wilder’s real story Wilder’s real-life ...

Cover subtitle: The people and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books. "An edition of this book was published in Japan by Kyuryudo Art Publishing in 1988"--Title page verso. Reading Counts RC ...

If an individual dairy farm with up to 25,000 cows and a nearly $1 billion biofuels plant both come to fruition, Kingsbury County could see a sudden surge in its population, economy and tax base.

Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, would have marked their 140th wedding anniversary on Monday, August 25. Laura and Almanzo began courting when ...