![]() In 1876-77, Laura, with her parents, Charles and Caroline, and sisters, relocated to Burr Oak as caretakers of the Masters Hotel, a property owned by family friends from another famous stop on the ‘Laura trail’ - Walnut Grove, Minnesota, site of Laura’s book On the Banks of Plum Creek.īurr Oak is often referred to as “The Missing Link” in the Little House book series, between the family’s homestead in Minnesota and their pursuit of a fresh start in De Smet, South Dakota. But long before that Laura captured hearts on screen, the real Laura Ingalls lived out a year of her childhood here in the Driftless, in the village of Burr Oak, Iowa. ![]() ![]() Mention pioneer-era writer “Laura Ingalls Wilder” and most people flash to a 9-year-old girl in a brown calico pinafore laughing and tumbling down a prairie hillside, as in the 1980s TV series. ![]()
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