Laura Ingalls Wilder Sites - A Thread for lashbear

DreadPirateRoberts · 09-23-2010, 09:59 AM

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It's the Masters Hotel and it's almost just as it was when the Ingalls lived and worked there. In fact, the entire town is still tiny and still very 19th century and isolated. If you are a photographer, you will have a field day. Pa managed the hotel and Laura and Mary cleaned and waited tables. Laura did not speak about her family's time in Iowa because it was so unhappy: her brother died and the family was so broke they left town in the dead of night without paying their debts. You can read about this time in Laura's life in Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story by Laura scholar William Anderson.

Very interesting. I'd never heard this story before.

MouseWife · 09-23-2010, 01:24 PM

Oh, thank you!! I love the Little House on the Prairie series. I hadn't heard the story about the little town/leaving in the dead of night. Times were hard for them at times.

I would love to do a tour of these sites!!!

Thank you!!

3894 · 09-23-2010, 02:25 PM

You're very welcome, fellow Laura fans. Some people fly into Minneapolis, rent an RV, and do the circuit - sorta covered wagon 21st century style.

The distances aren't that great.

DeSmet, SD to Walnut Grove, MN is 110 miles.
Walnut Grove, MN to Pepin, WI is 205 miles.
Pepin, WI to Burr Oak, IA is 120 miles.
Burr Oak, IA to Spring Valley, MN is 40 miles

This is from the front of the Masters Hotel.

Again, fingers crossed for all of you to see these wonderful places!

MouseWife · 09-23-2010, 03:35 PM

Thank you for the crossed fingers!! That would be a wonderful part of a road trip.

One of these days.

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09-23-2010, 02:25 PM	#3
3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	You're very welcome, fellow Laura fans. Some people fly into Minneapolis, rent an RV, and do the circuit - sorta covered wagon 21st century style. The distances aren't that great. DeSmet, SD to Walnut Grove, MN is 110 miles. Walnut Grove, MN to Pepin, WI is 205 miles. Pepin, WI to Burr Oak, IA is 120 miles. Burr Oak, IA to Spring Valley, MN is 40 miles This is from the front of the Masters Hotel. Again, fingers crossed for all of you to see these wonderful places! __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	Thank you for the crossed fingers!! That would be a wonderful part of a road trip. One of these days. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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