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www.decorahleader.com | 563-382-4221 | Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | Vol. 7 Issue 26
A STEP BACK IN TIME
Laura Days to offer frontier experiences this weekend BY ROZ WEIS DECORAH LEADER STAFF WRITER The public will once again have the chance to glimpse what early pioneer life was like for famed author Laura Ingalls Wilder during the 2025 Laura Days in Burr Oak. This year’s celebration is scheduled for June 27-29.
Tucked away in the northeast corner of Iowa, Burr Oak’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum boasts the Masters Hotel, the only childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder which remains on its original site. The museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Laura Ingalls was born in the winter of 1867, and her family lived in the Big Woods region of Wisconsin.
They traveled the Midwest for years before putting down solid roots. In 1876, when Laura was 9 years old, the Ingalls family left Walnut Grove, Minnesota, after enduring two years of grasshopper plagues. The family traveled to Burr Oak and managed the Masters Hotel.
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