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Your Lot and Parcel
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home
August 19, 2024
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Benjamin Diaz/Mary Jo Wertz, Executive Director, and Curator
You will be guided through three historic structures, the Surveyor's House, the First School of De Smet and the Ingalls Home. Throughout your tour you will learn about the Ingalls arrival to Dakota Territory in 1879, The Long Winter of 1880-81, Pioneer Schooling and the lives of the family including Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Grace, and Laura's daughter Rose. Each historic structure offers a glimpse into living conditions during the late 1800s while also highlighting some original artifacts.
You will Visit and touch the five original cottonwood trees that "Pa" planted for his wife, Caroline, and his four daughters on the first acre of the Ingalls Homestead.
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