Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Laura Ingalls Wilder across 3 places, from 1869 to 1885.
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Laura Ingalls Wilder was documented, and when
1869year
Wisconsinattested“When she was two years old, Laura moved with her family from Wisconsin (in 1869).”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1876year
Dakota Territoryattested“In writing On the Banks of Plum Creek, Wilder omitted the period between 1876 and 1877 when they lived near Burr Oak, skipping directly to the Dakota Territory, featured in By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939).”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
25 August 1885exact date
De Smet, South Dakotaattested“Ingalls' teaching career and studies ended when she married Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885, in De Smet, South Dakota.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Places Laura Ingalls Wilder is documented in
Dakota Territory1 presence · 1876
De Smet, South Dakota1 presence · 1885
Wisconsin1 presence · 1869
Other places tied to Laura Ingalls Wilder in the record
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1879 to 1880period
De Smet, South Dakotamentioned“Over the winter of 1879–1880, Charles Ingalls filed for a formal homestead in De Smet, South Dakota.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1880 to 1940period
Dakotasmentioned“However, the following winter, known as the Hard Winter of 1880–81, was one of the most severe on record in the Dakotas, an ordeal described by Wilder in her novel The Long Winter (1940).”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1890year
Westville, Floridamentioned“Around 1890, they left De Smet and spent about a year resting at the home of Almanzo's parents on their Spring Valley, Minnesota farm before moving briefly to Westville, Florida, in search of a climate to improve Almanzo's health.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1894year
Mansfield, Missourimentioned“In 1894, the Wilders moved to Mansfield, Missouri, and used their savings to make the down payment on an undeveloped parcel of land just outside town.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1894year
Mansfieldmentioned“In 1894, the Wilders moved to Mansfield, Missouri, and used their savings to make the down payment on an undeveloped parcel of land just outside town.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1911year
Missourimentioned“An invitation to submit an article to the Missouri Ruralist in 1911 led to Wilder's permanent position as a columnist and editor with that publication, which she held until the mid-1920s.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1935year
Rocky Ridge Farmmentioned“The close and often rocky collaboration between her and Lane continued, in person until 1935, when Lane permanently left Rocky Ridge Farm, and afterward by correspondence.”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1939year
Kansasmentioned“In the book On the Banks of Plum Creek (published in 1939), the third volume of her fictionalized history which takes place around 1874, the Ingalls family moves from Kansas to an area near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, settling in a dugout o…”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
1939year
Walnut Grove, Minnesotamentioned“In the book On the Banks of Plum Creek (published in 1939), the third volume of her fictionalized history which takes place around 1874, the Ingalls family moves from Kansas to an area near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, settling in a dugout o…”source: Wikipedia: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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