Born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls in Wisconsin in 1867, she spent her childhood as a pioneer girl, settling in Wisconsin (twice), Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota by the time she was twelve years old. Her family stayed in South Dakota, or Dakota Territory as it was known, and in 1885, she married Almanzo Wilder. She called him Manly and he called her Bess. The following year, they had a daughter, Rose, later to become the author Rose Wilder Lane. In 1894, the three of them lef ...[Read Story]