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Laura Ingalls Wilder, renouned author of books describing prairie life for youthful readers, and whose books inspired the beloved television series “Little House on the Prairie” starring Michael Landon, was born Feb. 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin. While it is not necessary to elaborate upon her life in great detail as she herself has already taken care of that, it is noteworthy that her family is one of the two founding families in De Smet, South Dakota, where much of her story takes place. Laura married Almanzo Wilder in 1885 and moved to Misouri, where she lived until her death in 1957. Her beloved Rocky Ridge Farm has now become a museum, and she is buried, alongside her husband and her daughter Rose, in the Mansfield Cemetary, just down the road from the farm in Mansfield, Misouri. (I have actually been to this gravesite. It is worth the trip.)

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