Laura's Homesites

Please help support Laura's legacy by taking the time to visit the Web sites and gift shops of Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites. The homesites and their museums survive largely through gift shop sales. Most also have newsletters well worth subscribing to. Help do your part in supporting the heritage and history of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Pepin, Wisconsin
newsletter: Notes from Pepin
written about this location: Little House in the Big Woods

Burr Oak, Iowa
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
3603 - 236th Avenue
Burr Oak, Iowa 52101
563-735-5916
newsletter: Burr Oak Leaf
written about this location: The Iowa Story by William Anderson

Independence, Kansas
written about this location: Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in DeSmet, South Dakota
newsletter: Laura Ingalls Wilder Lore
written about this location: By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, The First Four Years, On the Way Home

Ingalls Homestead in DeSmet, South Dakota
written about this location: By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years

Walnut Grove, Minnesota
newsletter: Friends of the Museum
written about this location: On the Banks of Plum Creek

The Almanzo Wilder Farm
newsletter: Farmer Boy News
written about this location: Farmer Boy

Mansfield, Missouri
newsletter: Rocky Ridge Review
written about this location: On the Way Home, West From Home, columns in the Missouri Ruralist, among others

Spring Valley, Minnesota
newsletter: Annual Report of Spring Valley Community Historical Society, Inc.
written about this location: Spring Valley: The Laura Ingalls Wilder Connection by Mary Jo Dathe

Other Resources

The Web is full of resources for those who want to know more about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her homesites, or who want to interact with fellow fans.

Frontier Girl
Not updated in a few years, but lots of detailed biographical info.

Frontier Girl Message Board
Meet fellow Laura fans, ask a question, or answer someone else's question

The Herbert Hoover Presidental Library and Museum
The library holds the largest collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder - Rose Wilder Lane documents anywhere.

Little House Site Tours
Ambivalent about traveling alone? Take a group tour of the homesites with Barb Hawkins. Most tours leave from Minneapolis.

PioneerGirl.com
All about Laura's unpublished manuscript "Pioneer Girl" and lots more. Plan to stay awhile! [This site has been periodically password-protected.]

PrairieMania
Gift shop dedicated to LIW crafts, items, and information

Prairie Fans
For fans of the TV show