The Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, Kansas

I was so excited to learn that The Little House on the Prairie Museum was opening before I left Kansas. I am busy getting the camper packed and ready to get on the road….but I can make time for a stop here!

The museum stands on the original land where Laura Ingalls Wilder lived with her family in a one-room log cabin in 1870. Memories of her time here later inspired her to pen the indelible classic, Little House on the Prairie.

There are four buildings on the grounds that are open and can be toured.

The first building is the Historic Farmhouse & Gift Shop.

The next building is a replica of the Ingalls’ log cabin.

Tour the log cabin here. The wind was strong today so the beginning of the video is blustery.

The third building is the Wayside, Kansas Post Office.

Tour the Wayside, Kansas Post Office.

The last building is Sunnyside School.

Take a tour of Sunnyside School.

I hope you enjoyed the tour as much as I did. I am leaving you with a quote from Laura Ingalls Wilder.

“These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ‘em.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder

Published by Christi Iffergan

Hi! I am Christi, a full-time RV traveller since August 2021. I have always loved to travel, but COVID-19 put a stop to that. I was fast approaching 50, my condo was being placed up for sale and I was ready for a major change. Originally from a tiny town in rural Southwest Virginia, I am the mother to one son and a rescue Shih Tzu, Cappy. For the last 20 years, I worked in public library systems around the Charlotte & Myrtle Beach areas. I met some amazing people and made great friends along the way. Follow along on my adventures as I travel the US. I hope that our paths will cross one day! View more posts

6 thoughts on “The Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, Kansas”

That was all very cool!!! So glad you got to see it before you had to leave Kansas. Safe travels to Yellowstone!

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How Kool to see Laura Ingalls house on the prairie ,. love going back into time and seeing just how it was to live back then,..
if she thought things were changing fast then,.. well fast forward today, I can`t even keep up with the new cell phones that are out every week !!! Yours is old before you even learn how to use it !!! Yellowstone next ?? I`ve been watching that series and also been watching 1883, how the Yellowstone Ranch came to be,.. Costner is so good as well as all the other characters too, onward towards our next adventure .. Here we come ,.. Yellowstone !!

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