Vacation Memories: Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House on the Prairie

[chacha456ful]

I have a book of that story its gift from my grandma last Christmas and I'm not gonna stop reading it!

[babylover0990]

I live near DeSmet and I have only gone to the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead once. And that thing about the 5 trees, I never knew that. This summer, hopefully I will get to visit it again. It was 10 years ago that I was there. I would love to visit the rest of the place Laura lived. And I really wish I lived back then. I wish todays society was more like it was back then.

[andresfranca]

Beautiful video!!! Living so far from USA, wish I could someday visit the places where Mrs Ingalls lived...I'm a huge fan of Little House series and books!! I love and love and love Laura!!!!!!! Congratulations to these parents who teach so many important values to their children!! And thaks very much for sharing...

From Brasil,

Andre

[Rusfi16]

just got back from the Masters hotel in Burr Oak. Wouldn't exactly be considered a 5 Star Hotel by todays standards. Surprised the woners even had the gall to call it a hotel and actually charge people to stay there.Mind sharing a room with strangers and in bed with you? Very interesting to see nevertheless.

[babylover0990]

@Rusfi16 Back then there was nothing to worry about when it came to sharing a room with a stranger, today it is totally different, nobody would share a hotel room with a stranger. I wish life was more like life was back then.

[1st300bp]

just excellent. well done

[thehabbos007]

I wish I lived in that time!

[scorpietta]

@thehabbos007 Actaully, unless you are an active outdoorsperson, I am not sure you would like it much. Pionner folks were without a lot of the modern conveniences that we today take for granted. Also, they had to labor hard and were often at thye mercy of the weather and indians. It was not the picture of what we see on tv.

[BipolarGal41]

I grew up loving and admiring Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. I have always wanted to visit all the places where they lived and grew up and this has helped me feel as if I have. Thank you so much for this.

[faegrrrl]

This has brought tears to my eyes. What a WONDERFUL job and tribute from a marvelous girl. Thank you so much for sharing this with us so that we too, can visit while at home. :)

Much love,

Amy

[cossack207]

thank you for uploading this!

[RoxAngel2008]

i wish so bad i could be laura:i like moving a lot,and i think i would have enjoyed it.

[binkle1]

I DID move a lot like Laura, and it wasn't so great. I had to say goodbye to my friends, and I was so terribly shy. To this day, I have trouble making friends. My final home is here in central PA. I remember as a child, pointing to central PA on a puzzle map of the USA, and not knowing why.

[RoxAngel2008]

well,ive been to townshend,brattleboro,newfane [in vt] and i moved to ct 2 yrs ago.now im going to the 6th grade.oh, and my grandmother actually MET LAURA!XD my grandma said laura was so generous and nice-my grandma waas born in the 1930's,and laura died feb.10th, 1957.i had to doa project on laura- i found out she wrote her books cause of mary,ma and pa dieing.how sad.

[littlehousefan27]

I visited all the Laura and Litte House places when I was a kid, because I read and love the books so much. They still are one of my many favorite bookseries. I would love to go visit the places again. The Little House books are one of the many bookseries I read yearly. I also have the Little House books written by different authors too.

[binkle1]

I'm nearly 54 now, and my fondest wish is to see every single place Laura and Almanzo lived, maybe even where her siblings lived. I find it very sad that Ma and Pa only had one grandchild. My theory is that Laura and Almanzo had the Rh factor problem. Carrie was so painfully thin and over 40 when she married, and Grace had chronic health problems; hence, no kids. Nobody talked about miscarriages back then.

[littlehousefan27]

Laura died from complications of diabetes three days after her 90th birthday. Laura wanted to live to be 90 like Almanzo. Rose found Laura unconscious in her home and brought her to the hosptial where later on she died.

[popcorn354]

wow lucky i wish i could do that i just finished "On the banks of plum creek" it was amazing!! my mom us to read me the books when i was really little and now im reading them my self!! and ever since my mom read them to me ive always wanted to just look so for when the sky would touch the ground as she talks about i never have gotin to see that and i want to bfore i die it would be so beautiful

[rescuelobsters]

what a lovely video, and narrated by such a sweet girl. I wonder if the narrator, who must be over 20 now is still interested in Laura?

[Pienvde]

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed watching it very much!

[mrsdicaprio22]

Does Laura Ingalls have any descendents living?

[nursevangogh]

No. Laura and Almanzo had two children: Rose and a baby boy who died in infancy. They never had any more children (probably due to Almanzo's injury). Rose gave birth to a baby boy who also died in infancy. According to what I've read online it was a very rough birth and she was never able to recover from it. Thus she never had anymore children. None of Laura's sisters had any biological children. The only people alive today who are related to her are relatives of her cousins.

[mrsdicaprio22]

nursevangogh, omfg! That is so sad. I knew Laura had a girl by the name of Rose but I didn't know she had a son and who died in infancy:( How did Almanzo get injured? OMFG! That is also sad that Rose had a difficult birth and that the baby died in infancy. Oh wow! I am shocked to hear that Laura's sisters never had any biological children.

[nursevangogh]

Almanzo and Laura had diphtheria after Rose was born. Almanzo began working too soon after recovering and he became partially paralyzed in both of his legs. If you read 'The First Four Years' Laura briefly talks about being sick and their son that died. Mary never married, Carrie married 'late in life' (at that time it was considered so) and she raised two step children, Grace married but never had children - she had bad diabetes.

[mrsdicaprio22]

Nursevangogh, Oh wow! Both Laura and almonzo had diptheria after Rose was born. Where does Diptheria come from and how did they catch it? What are the symptoms? OMFG! That is so tragic that Almonzo became paralyzed after soon recovering. OMG! I am shocked that Mary never got married. Why? Oh wow! Carrie raised step children. That's interesting. Why? OMFG! Carrie never had children. Oh that's sad she had diabetes. How did she get it?

[nursevangogh]

Did you know that Ma and Pa had a son named Charles Frederick who died at 9 months? It's odd that their only son died as a baby, Laura's son died as a baby, and Rose's son died as a baby too.

[mrsdicaprio22]

Nursevangogh, Oh wow! I didn't know that ma and Pa had a son as well. WOW! OMFG! That is so sad that he died at 9 mths. What did he die from? Yeah it is odd that both ma and pa, Laura and Almonzo, and Rose's son died:(

[simo3300]

Thank you for posting this story. At 48, I am just now reading the Wilder books. You will never forget your trip, I am sure.

[rockgor]

A charming video. Just think. A hundred years from now, it will be a family heirloom.

I grew up in a village in Minnesota near Walnut Grove and Burr Oak. Towns that now have L.I.W. museums.

Used to go to Bible Camp every summer on the shore of Lake Pepin. Did you know there really is no such lake? It's a wide spot in the Mississippi River.

Have you read the books by other members of the family. Rose. And some fellow, forgot his name. He was an adopted relative.

Thanks 4 posting.

[tialangela]

Thank you so much for posting this. I still read her books to this day.

[thegirl44]

Even as a 32 year old woman I would still love to make this trip. I reread Laura Ingalls Wilder's books to this day.

[PastryTCB]

OMG!!! I love Laura Ingalls Wilder. Thanks so much for the vid. how lucky you are to have seen this

[lorischroed]

Wow, I loved this video. I am a life-long fan of the little house books and have never seen many of these things that you so generously shared. I think that Laura Ingall's fans will appreciate you posting this video. The narration was adorable also.

[Emotional2000]

Agreed! This family vid was fantastic! And the narration was simply charming... Thanx for sharing this video of your family vacation of the many sites you saw regarding Laura Ingalls Wilder... It was a pleasure to watch! : )