A museum, gift shop, and a reconstructed “little house” at the site of Laura’s birth make this a great start to your Laura adventure. Pepin is the setting of Ingalls’ first book in the “Little House” series, Little House in the Big Woods. While listening to By the Shores of Silver Lake, we even spotted pelicans just as Laura described them in the book! Little Road Trip on the Prairie: Your Guide to Laura Ingalls Wilder Pepin, WIĪpproximately 60 miles northeast on Highway 42 Additionally, we listened to audiobooks from the Rochester Public Library while traveling to Laura sites to fully immerse ourselves in the experience. We read several Laura books before we began visiting the sites. But a little exposure to Laura’s stories can make the visits even more meaningful. You don’t need to read all the books cover to cover. Did you know Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, and Carrie traveled through our town before the Mayo Brothers put Rochester on the map?Įven if you didn’t grow up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, here’s a great opportunity to introduce your family to this historical “celebrity” who grew up in our region. Whether you refer to it as Highway 14 or the Beltline, it is also “officially” known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Highway. Rochester is in the heart of Laura Ingalls Wilder country.
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