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August 25 Laura Ingalls Wilder Wisconsin Cabin

Missouri History Today August 25, 1885: Famed Writer With Ozark Legacy Marries In The Midwest

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From the jacket worn by Mark Twain to Truman’s famous “The Buck Stops Here” sign, you can find these historical icons within the borders of the Show-Me State.

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In the mid 1870s, trillions of Rocky Mountain locusts descended on the Great Plains and devoured everything in their path, even blacking out the sky at times. Churches reported having daylong prayer services to stop the plague.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Birthday of writer, Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wilder was born in Wisconsin but lived much of her life in Mansfield, MO.