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[edit] Early life and marriage

Regarding "Mary Amelia, who later in her life became blind because of a stroke..." according to the Little House books, she goes blind due to Scarlet Fever, not stroke. Is there a reference somewhere that indicates otherwise? 70.54.76.251 (talk) 12:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


From Mary Amelia Ingalls- Biography - at LaurasPrairieHouse.com: http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/maryingalls.html "When Mary was fourteen years old, she became severely ill. Her illness, which is variously described as scarlet fever (in the books) and meningitis, resulted in a stroke which caused Mary to go blind. Laura then became Mary's "eyes", describing everything around them to her sister." Bullydog2 (talk) 01:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Silver Lake

I've been wondering about Laura's Silver Lake. There is no lake of this name near De Smet. I've found two lakes near DeSmet and other nine in the county. Here is the result of my researches : http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=181:2:8806190445556666386::NO::: . Does anybody know about which of them Laura wrote in her books ? (83.20.19.46 12:23, 12 August 2007 (UTC))


I believe in one of her memoirs, she mentioned that when she returned to De Smet for a visit many years later, the town looked very different - including the landscape, since Silver Lake and the Big Slough had been drained and reclaimed for farmland. That would be the likely reason you can't find it. 209.30.189.110 (talk) 16:38, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


http://www.fws.gov/madisonwetlands/special_places.htm Silver Lake - Referred to in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book "By the Shores of Silver Lake" Today, the lake is actually a marsh located immediately east of De Smet of the north side of Highway 14. The Ingalls' home (museum) can be visited in De Smet. Bullydog2 (talk) 01:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Big Slough in Kingsbury County, South Dakota is a local marsh, south-east of De Smet.Bullydog2 (talk) 01:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] LIW / LH Timeline

Good place to start with : http://www.dahoudek.com/LIW/liwtimeline.html (83.20.41.211 21:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC))

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My Teacher, Dawn Renninger, is dressed up like Laura Ingalls Wilder today. At my school, Indian Valley High School, it is dress up like your favorite ficiotnal character day today. Laura Ingalls Wilder was a real person though ,so how can she dress like Laura for fictional character day??? It doesn't make sense.

Although, Laura Ingalls Wilder was real person, the Little House novels are not autobiographies, they are fictionalized, meaning that the incidents described did not neccisarily hapen the way, or when, they happen in the books. For example: Laura was about three years old when her family moved to Kansas for the events portrayed in Little House on the Prairie. After leaving Kansas, the family moved back to Wisconsin for a period. Since Laura was to young to remember the much before she moved to Kansas, it is likely that the events portrayed in Little House in the Big Woods happened after the events in Kansas, not before. However that sequence did not fit Mrs. Wilder's plan for the series, which was to follow a plan of continious Western movement. In short the Laura of the little house books is a fictional character based on the real life child Laura Ingalls. Dsmdgold 21:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Uh...I remember a LOT of things from when I was 3...certainly enough to fill a book the size of Little House in the Big Woods... TShilo12 07:58, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

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This article seems very heavy with information on Rose then is helpful in a page about Laura Ingalls Wilder.

It's not possible to tell Laura's story without frequent mention of her daughter Rose for two reasons:
1) Laura did not keep daily diaries or journals, and also did not save much of her correspondence. As a result, there are big "gaps" in the narrative of her life. Rose, on the other hand, fanatically saved and filed almost everything in addition to keeping detailed daily journals. After her death, her literary executors requested her correspondents to return letters they received from her. As a result, Rose's archives must frequently be consulted to get some idea of what was going on in Laura's life.
2) Rose was a major factor in Laura's writing career. She had the connections in the publishing industry, and edited many of Laura's pieces long before anyone had even imagined the "Little House" series. When work did begin on the series, she was involved in many ways, though I do not believe that she is the "real" author of the books.

RogerInPDX 03:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)RogerInPDX


Its still a little "Rose Heavy" towards the end. At least 3 sections begin by speaking of Rose, rather than Laura. I understand their stories are intertwined, but could someone make this article from the Laura perspective a little more (perhaps some of the 'Rose' mentions could be changed to "her daughter" or "Laura's daughter" 202.161.15.89 09:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm A Wilder

A rather general search of my family tree suggests that I am a possible descendent of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

My mother's grandfather was George Wilder ... fought in the American-Spanish war ... a homesteader during the Oklahoma land rush ... who established a town in Oklahoma. I saw a picture of Laura Wilder in her later years and she definitely has a family resemblence.

Anyone who might also believe they are related ... or just have useful information ... I would so much appreciate your reply.

Although you might be related, you are not a descendent. Laura had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter, Rose, who was childless. Laura, of course was an Ingalls, and is not genetically related to the Wilder family. Dsmdgold 16:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistency of name references

This article refers to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane by their given names but the article on the latter uses their family names. Could somebody make the call and fix this? --Kenji Yamada 05:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Family Tree

Here's a family tree I put together, perhaps it can be included somewhere. My suggestion would be to make a template out of it, for ease of inclusion.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Charles Phillip Ingalls
 
 Caroline Lake Quiner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 James Wilder
 
 Angeline Day
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mary Ingalls
 
 
 
 
 Caroline Ingalls
 
 Freddy Ingalls
 
 Grace Ingalls
 
 
 
 Older Wilder child
 
 Older Wilder child
 
 Older Wilder child
 
 Older Wilder child
 
 
 
 
 Younger Wilder child
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Laura Ingalls
 
 Almanzo Wilder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rose Wilder
 
 Unnamed baby boy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here are the names of Almanzo's sibilings : Laura Ann, Royal Gould, Eliza Jane, Alice M., (Almanzo), Perley Day (83.20.29.155 19:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Acreage

For consistency, should not area in terms of acres be given in SI units as hectares? Or, if area is to be given in square kilometers, should not acreage be given in terms of square miles? One or the other, one would think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pgranzeau (talk • contribs) 23:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "Bumping the will"

The end of the article mentions that Rose's heir got control of the manuscripts because of "Bumping the will." I have no idea what this means, and a quick Google search only brings up this Wikipedia entry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ricandersen (talk • contribs) 20:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC). Ric 21:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)ricandersen

I agree - I googled it as well with no results other than this wiki mention. Let's delete. If the individual who posted that information comes back with a source for that term we can add it back in. The basic storyline that accompanies the term is correct, so I'll leave that. Jeeper275 20:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Television portrayals

I can't believe there isn't a mention in the lead, or a link in the article, to the television adaptations that have been made. This is the biggest cultural reference to the author and her books and there's virtually nothing in the article to reflect that. 24.4.253.249 10:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

My thought on this is that there have not. so far as I know, any television portrayls of the author, Laura Ingalls Wilder. There have been portrayals of the character Laura Ingalls, who is based on, but is not the same as, the author. The books are considered historical fiction, not autobiography. There are links from the articles on the books. Dsmdgold 00:05, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rose Wilder

The article seems to be confused about its subject. Much of the material about Rose might be profitably moved to a Rose Wilder article. While Rose is an important part of her mother's life, other details (such as where Rose lived in a particular year and her success as an author) would appear to be more relevant in her own article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.192.125 (talk) 06:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LAURA ELIZABETH INGALLS WILDER

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[edit] Sources?

There is a conspicuous lack of footnotes or other sourcing for the many assertions in this piece. It even includes unconfirmed musing about the authorship. Nicmart (talk) 03:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I found a source about Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Wisconsin Historical Society that I would like to add but am relunctant because of the possibility it would be deleted or edited out for what reason.Thank you-RFD (talk) 14:55, 10 February 2008 (UTC)