De SMET, S.D. – A rural South Dakota county known mainly as the former home of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder is on the precipice of rapid growth as two record-setting agricultural processing ...

Mother says there are some “country girls” coming to town. Look for the rag curls falling out of poke bonnets, the calico cotton dresses flouncing in the hot wind and perhaps a dust-covered wagon ...

It was a dark and stormy night. Make that very dark and very stormy. Bursts of lightning exploded in the sky. Thunder shook the very ground where our covered wagon stood. Yes, a covered wagon. Well, ...

The first time I stepped onto Ingalls Homestead in De Smet, South Dakota, the same plot of land Charles Ingalls farmed in the 1880s, a single thought overwhelmed me: Laura was here. Immediately, I ...

Laura and Almanzo began courting when they were 16 and 23, respectively. After nearly three years, the couple tied the knot on Aug. 25, 1885, at the Reverend Edward Brown’s home in De Smet, South ...

The allure of South Dakota's pioneer and Wild West history attracts visitors from around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of visitors a year come to South Dakota to learn more about its pioneer and ...

One of the most famous women from South Dakota is Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her “Little House” series has touched millions of lives since they were first published in the 1930’s and 40’s. Laura Ingalls ...