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Laura
Ingalls Wilder Pageant
3 weekends in
July - Walnut Grove, MN |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant - A Local
Legacy
Have you read any of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder or
seen the TV show "Little House on the Prairie"?
Laura Ingalls Wilder,
well-known author of the Little House series of books, was born in the
big woods of Wisconsin. When she was 7, she and her family traveled by covered
wagon and moved to the prairie land of Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Her family was
one of the pioneer families who settled there, following the Homestead Act of
1862, which encouraged Americans to travel west and settle.
Today, the people of
Walnut Grove celebrate Wilder's books every July with the Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pageant. The Pageant is a family-oriented outdoor drama with all of Laura
Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie book characters. An actress
playing a 70-year-old Laura narrates the story, reflecting on her life in Walnut
Grove during the 1870s. If you've never read any of the Little House
books, you should, because you can learn a lot about life in America during the
1870s.
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