Posts Tagged "Laura Ingalls Wilder"

Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Real Little House

Posted by on Jun 28, 2019 in Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Real Little House

It’s a long drive to Independence, Kansas, across the flat prairie. But what’s a few hours in an air-conditioned car? It took Laura Ingalls Wilder a lot longer to make the journey in a covered wagon.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Hard Winter

Posted by on Dec 30, 2017 in Unmowed Authors | 0 comments

Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Hard Winter

Think this winter is tough? Welcome to the prairie.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

Posted by on Sep 3, 2015 in environment, summer, Unmowed Authors, Unmowed Blog | 3 comments

On the Banks of Plum Creek

I almost didn’t go to Plum Creek. I knew it was gone. I knew the creek as described in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic book must have been swamped by the tide of progress. There’d be a trickle of polluted water, a Wal-mart on one side, a used car dealership on the other, and a small rusty historical marker saying Laura Ingalls Wilder once lived near here. But we drove through the rain-drenched Minnesota farmland for miles, immense green fields and lonely farms. Then turned down a dirt track by a tidy, white-porched, deserted house. Put $5 in a small metal box on a post...

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