The Prairie Wire

Moses Gunn Memorabilia Donated to University of Kansas

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:04:42 -0800

The widow of actor Moses Gunn donated memorabilia from the actor's 30 year career to the theatre department at the University of Kansas. Gunn was an alumnus of the university, attending from 1959-1961. He was known for his Shakespearean performan...

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Little House Musical

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:41:13 -0800

Tickets for the new Little House on the Prairie musical go on sale June 27. The play opens in the summer but approximately 250 Minnesotans were the first to have a look at the musical based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books. The sne...

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Serviceberry Tree

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:43:12 -0800

The shad are about to start running and my serviceberry (shadbush) tree is about to bloom. Rose Wilder Lane wrote about the serviceberry trees that grew in the woods at Rocky Ridge Farm. She commented that the blooms gave a misty appearance to t...

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Little House in Brookridge?!

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:01:36 -0800

Found a comment in a cooking blog tonight. The blog entry was about pancakes. The person making the comment mentioned Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about using a blanket pancake to keep the smaller pancakes underneath warm. She said LIW wrote it in h...

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Great Yarns for the Close Knit Family

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:48:39 -0800

I found this book mentioned on Melissa Wiley's blog. It is written by Mary Gildersleeves and contains a collection of great stories for children including one by Melissa and LIW. It also has knitting projects to go along with the stories. I have ...

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Wolves at the Door

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:15:05 -0800

Thomas A. Chown has published a book telling the stories of his grandparents and great-grandparents lives of homsteading in Kansas. Chown made two trips to Kansas and on to Colorado following the path his ancestors had homesteaded. He took what...

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Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:16:24 -0800

One of my favorite Native American actors recently passed away. Floyd Westerman passed away in December from complications of leukemia. Floyd had a very long career in movies, television, and the music industry. My favorite performance was Ten Bea...

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Comanche Moon

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:03:12 -0800

Clara Forsythe- Loved Gus McCrae but married Bob Allen One of my favorite western genre authors has brought the final book in the Lonesome Dove trilogy to the small screen this week. Comanche Moon is being shown in three parts. Part one was Sund...

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Rules of South Dakota

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:32:52 -0800

This was on the editorial page of the De Smet Leader that arrived today. I found it very funny and thought I would share it. I say more power to South Dakota! One of my top 5 favorite states in the union. WE HAVE RULES TO LIVE BY IN SOUTH DAKO...

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Irish Washerwoman

nobody@vox.com(Dakotagirl) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:48:56 -0800

Irish Washerwoman was one of many songs Laura wrote about Pa playing in her books. She mentioned this one twice, in Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie. Here are two different interpretations of the song. The first on...

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