Little House Wayside

Little House Wayside (HME1X)

Location: Stockholm, WI 54769 Pepin County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 31.609', W 92° 11.417'

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"Once upon a time......a little girl lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin in a little gray house made of logs."

Writing about herself and her life here, Laura Ingalls Wilder thus began "Little House in the Big Woods," the first of her famous "Little House" books.

Laura was born here on February 7, 1867. Late in 1868 or in the spring of 1869, the Ingalls family left Wisconsin and traveled by covered wagon to Kansas. They found Kansas to be Indian country, so shortly after Carrie was born in August of 1870, Charles Ingalls brought his family back to the little house near Pepin. In 1871 Mary and Laura enrolled in the Barry Corner School near here. They sold this farm in 1873 and moved to Minnesota.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is loved, both for her delightful writing style and for her good homespun philosophy. Reflecting on her rugged frontier youth, she said "It has been many years since I beat eggs with a fork or cleaned a kerosene lamp. Many things have changed since then, but the truths we learned from our parents and the principles they taught us are always true. They can never change."

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc. of Pepin, Wisconsin, organized in 1974, is proud to provide "Little House Wayside" as a memorial to this great lady and beloved author.
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HM NumberHME1X
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Year Placed1978
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Date Added Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 12:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 564341 N 4930706
Decimal Degrees44.52681667, -92.19028333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 31.609', W 92° 11.417'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 31' 36.54" N, 92° 11' 25.02" W
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Area Code(s)715
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 115-199 County Rd Cc, Stockholm WI 54769, US
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