Laura Ingalls Wilder

Places

The Ingalls family lived in Kansas during the mid-1870s, moving between locations in the southeastern part of the territory before settling at a homestead near the town of Indep...

Biography & Life Stories

Are the Little House books true? The short answer is yes and no: the stories are broadly based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood, but key events, timelines, and family detai...

Status Updates

Albert Ingalls is a figure from the Little House book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and, in the television adaptation, by Melissa Gilbert. In the novels, Albert is a schoolmate...

Biography & History

Facts about Laura Ingalls Wilder begin with her full name, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, born February 7, 1867, in Pepin, Wisconsin, and ending December 20, 1957, in Mansfield, Misso...

biography

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) is the author of the beloved Little House series, which originated from her detailed memories of American frontier life. This evergreen profil...

television

The Little House on the Prairie family refers to the real-life Ingalls family made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder's book series and the subsequent television series. This evergr...

biography

Rose Wilder (December 5, 1900 – October 30, 1991) was the only child of author Laura Ingalls Wilder. She grew up in the American Midwest and later became a journalist and edit...

people

Caroline Ingalls, the steady center of the Little House series, is the real-life mother whose quiet resilience shaped the beloved stories read by generations. This profile explo...

Biography & History

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867, in a one-room log cabin in the unsettled countryside of Pepin, Wisconsin, United States. Her birth took place at her family’...

Evergreen

Little House on the Prairie refers to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book series and the long-running NBC television series (1974–1983) starring Melissa Gilbert. The stories are lar...