We left Bartlesville after breakfast atop the Price Tower. We were only a short distance from the border…
A short time later we were at the location of The Little House on the Prairie (No, not the stupid TV show…). The exact site was only discovered a few years ago, and it is on privately owned farmland, but the owner has erected this small wayside memorial. It includes a reproduction of the log cabin, and some other typical pioneer buildings. The only “real” item is the hand-dug well that Laura’s Pa dug with Mr. Edwards…
The other structures are fun, but not original…
And the view of the wild prairie Laura must have had from the cabin:
From here we proceeded east across Kansas…
Our destination: Mansfield, MO, where Laura and Almanzo Wilder lived for 60 years. This is where all the Little House books were written. It now has a beautiful museum full of memorabilia, including the Ingalls family Bible, which recorded all the deaths, births, and weddings. Also, Pa’s fiddle is here…
There are 2 houses on the property; the original 1- room farmhouse, built by Almanzo from 1896 to 1913, plus a “modern” cottage (The Rock House), ordered from the Sears, Roebuck catalog, bought by Rose, their daughter, and built in the 1930s.
There is a nice RV park across the street from the museum, and it is about 1 mile into the town of Mansfield. Lynda found a nice place to “read”…
Tomorrow our odyssey continues as we head to St. Louis to see another architectural icon…
Adventures in the Villa 
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