Dans cet article, je vais vous montrer, en photos, les différents endroits ou ont vécu les Ingalls puis Laura après son mariage avec Almanzo Wilder.
Lors de mes différents voyages aux Etats Unis, j'ai pu visiter les musées consacrés à Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pepin (Wisconsin), Independence (Kansas), Walnut Grove (Minnesota), Burr Oak (Iowa), De Smet (Dakota du Sud), Mansfield (Missouri) et Spring Valley (Minnesota).
Je n'ai pas encore visité celui de Malone qui retrace la vie d'Almanzo Wilder enfant "Almanzo Wilder Homestead". Ce sera peut être pour un prochain voyage 😊
1- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Pepin (Wisconsin).
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La famille Ingalls a vecu à Pepin de 1867 à 1869 et de 1871 à 1874.
Une réplique de la cabane en rondins ou a vécu la famille Ingalls.
2- Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence (Missouri).
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La famille Ingalls a quitté Pepin pour vivre à Independence de 1869 à 1871.
3- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove (Minnesota).
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La famille Ingalls a vécu à Walnut Grove de 1874 à 1876 et de 1877 à 1879..
Ingalls Dugout Site. La famille Ingalls a vécu à 1,5 miles au nord de Walnut Grove le long des rives de Plum Creek de 1874 à 1876. Après plusieurs mauvaises récoltes, les Ingalls ont déménagé à Burr Oak pour aider les Steadman à gérer le Masters Hôtel.
La famille Gordon, actuellement propriétaire des lieux, continue de maintenir l'accès au Dugout Site pour les fans de Laura Ingalls Wilder.
4- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Burr Oak (Iowa).
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Après plusieurs mauvaises récoltes, les Ingalls ont déménagé à Burr Oak pour aider les Steadman à gérer le Masters Hôtel.
La famille Ingalls a vécu à Burr Oak de 1876 à 1877 avant de retourner à Walnut Grove.
5- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, De Smet (Dakota du Sud).
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Après Burr Oak, la famille Ingalls est revenu à Walnut Grove de 1877 à 1879.
Charles et Caroline ont vécu à De Smet de 1879
jusqu'à leur mort.
Laura et Almanzo ont quitté définitivement De Smet en 1894 pour Mansfield (Missouri).
Bien qu'ayant une plaque à côté des autres membres de la famille Ingalls, le bébé de Laura et Almanzo serait enterré plus loin dans le cimetière.
6- Laura Ingalls Wilder Methodist Church Museum, Spring Valley (Minnesota).
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En 1888, Laura et Almanzo Wilder attrapent la diphtérie. Suite à une complication, Almanzo aura besoin d'une canne pour marcher.
En 1889, Laura accouche d'un fils qui mourra quelques jours après. Toujours en 1889, le couple perd sa maison et ses cultures dans un incendie.
En mai 1890, le couple décide de s'installer à Spring Valley dans la ferme des parents d'Almanzo pour se remettre de toutes ces tragédies et se reposer. Ils y resteront jusqu'en octobre 1891.
Ils déménageront brièvement en Floride avant de retourner à De Smet.
6- Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum (Missouri).
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Laura et Almanzo ont quitté définitivement De Smet en 1894 pour Mansfield (Missouri). Ils y vivront définitivement jusqu'à leur mort.
Rocky Ridge Farm
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"Laura, Almanzo and daughter, Rose, arrived in Mansfield from South Dakota, August 30, 1894. They purchased a forty-acre farm, which had a one-room log cabin near the spring and ravine. After living in the log cabin through the first winter they built a room onto the side of it in the spring of 1895. The next spring (1896) they moved the new room to the present historic house location, where it is now the kitchen. A second room, with an attic space above it, was added to create a two-room house with an attic bedroom for Rose.
It took 17 years from the time they moved the room to when the home was finished in 1913. They lived in a small house in the town of Mansfield from about 1898- 1911.
The home was always a central theme to Laura’s life. The farmhouse held a very special place in both Laura’s and Almanzo’s hearts as they chose to live the last of their days here. It is only fitting that the Little House books were written by hand on tablets of paper at both homes on Rocky Ridge Farm. Visitors can tour the home and see her study and writing desk, as well as the many treasures that remain exactly how Laura left them".
Rock House
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Completed in 1994
Rose Wilder Lane, the Wilders’ only daughter, was a successful author in her own right. She went on to pursue her career outside of the small town of Mansfield, but eventually returned to her roots on Rocky Ridge Farm. Upon her return in 1928, Rose had a house built with modern conveniences as a gift to her parents. Laura and Almanzo moved in at Christmas time that very same year. It became known as the Rock House because of its custom rock masonry siding. Following some encouragement from Rose, Laura began writing down childhood memories that would forever capture her amazing history and the pioneering life she had lived.
It was in the Rock House that Laura, at 65 years young, wrote the first four Little House books. Visitors can tour the beautifully-restored Rock House on Rocky Ridge Farm and learn of its unique building secrets. Laura and Almanzo lived in this home until 1936, when they finally returned to their beloved farmhouse".
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