Laura Ingalls Wilder fictionalized her life in the Little House on the Prairie books, which were adapted into the hit 1974 TV series, but neither work tells Wilder’s real story Wilder’s real-life ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A history program in Decatur will focus on the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder's life was the focus of the "Little House on the Prairie" book series and ...

Her autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her ...

Laura and Almanzo began courting when they were 16 and 23, respectively. After nearly three years, the couple tied the knot on Aug. 25, 1885, at the Reverend Edward Brown’s home in De Smet, South ...

What do the Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival, classic television and Laura Ingalls Wilder have to do with genealogy? Just a few weeks ago, I wondered the same thing while visiting Mansfield and ...

The author fictionalized her life in the 'Little House on the Prairie' book series, which was adapted into the beloved television series Bettmann Archive; NBCU Photo Bank Laura Ingalls Wilder ...