On This Date in Minnesota History: February 7

February 7, 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved semi-autobiographical Little House series, was born near Pepin, Wis., on this date, the second daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls.

Her book On the Banks of Plum Creek recalls the Ingalls family move from Kansas to an area near Walnut Grove, Minn., and settling in a dugout "on the banks of Plum Creek". They lived there beginning in 1874, when Wilder was about seven years old. That year the family again moved, this time to Lake City, Minn., and then on to a preemption claim in Walnut Grove, where they lived for a time with relatives near South Troy, Minn.

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-07/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder

¹http://images.csmonitor.com/csm/2013/02/prairie.jpg?alias=standard_600x400

²https://mnprairieroots.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/walnut-grove-welcome-sign.jpg

Laura Ingalls Wilder¹




Walnut Grove, Minn.²

               __________________________________________________________

If you are interested in finding out more about your family history in Minnesota, I specialize in researching  genealogical and historical records in Minn. and western Wis., including: census records,  birth records,  death certificates, obits, grave site photos, ship passenger lists, marriage records and declarations of intent/naturalization records.  I will visit locations to research local history and county records, as well as take photos. Quick turnaround on MNHS records. Both short searches and family history reports available.

Website:  TheMemoryQuilt.com > click on Family History

Contact me at: pjefamilyresearch@gmail.com