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

From the early Nineties, a second-grader narrates a family vacation video featuring most of the sites where Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up and lived. Laura was the author of the "Little House" books, which inspired the TV series.

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• laura ingalls wilder
• de smet
• walnut grove
• pepin
• south dakota
• wisconsin
• minnesota
• little house
• little house on the prairie
• laura ingalls
• almonzo
• pa
• ma

[thehabbos007]

I wish I lived in that time!

[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.

[chacha456ful]

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

[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.

[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.

[1st300bp]

just excellent.  well done

[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.

[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.

[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.