Laura Ingalls Wilder's Home

I love the Little House on The Prairie television series. I say love, because I still watch it. I turn it on when I am on the walk -fit or other machines doing my exercise.
We had a chance to see the house where Laura and Almanzo lived and raised Rose, their daughter. They had a son that died at 12 days old and never had any other children.
Laura Ingalls Wilder moved from Minnesota when her daughter Rose was 7yrs. of age after a friend brought back a huge, red tasty apple from a visit to MO. The Wilders saw a vision of having an apple orchard of their own and moved there in 1894. In Sept. of that year they purchased Rocky Ridge Farm.
Below is the sign that greets visitors to the house and museum. No pictures were allowed in any of the buildings. To my regret, I can't share pictures of the furnishings that were made by Almanzo, or the pretty, delicate china and tea sets that Laura had.
The sign below explains the history. The first is the front of the sign and the 2nd is the back side.

This is the front of the house which was added years later.

The small, low part of the house on the left is the one room they built and lived in for some time before they added on. It was the kitchen and bedroom all in one.

Laura was only 4' 11" tall and Almanzo only 5' 2'' so the counters in the kitchen were very low.

The had quite a bit of land for their orchards.

Rose grew up to be a published author and world traveler. She was awarded $10,000 for a piece she wrote and decided to buy her parents a new home about 1/4 mile from the Rocky Ridge homestead. This was a Sears catalog home. Yes, Sears and Montgomery Wards had homes you could purchase from their catalog. Isn't that funny. She paid $1,200 for it and then added upgrades for a grand total of $1,500.

This house had 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room and dining room. It also had closets that no other house in the area had. People came to visit just to see the closets.

Rose encouraged her mother (Laura) to write about her life. This is where Laura wrote her first book, "Little House In The Big Woods." The rest is history.

See plaque below:

This is the front of that house.

The back view.

With all the modern conveniences that this house had, the Wilders were not comfortable living there and after a few years they returned to Rocky Ridge.

We were able to see a film where she was promoting her book and heard her voice. We saw so many interesting things that we could not photograph. We thoroughly enjoyed the visit.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you're having a good week.