Sites listed in this category include activities, events, and significant places in De Smet, South Dakota.
Recommended Resources
Situated on the land that Pa Ingalls set claim to in 1880, and which Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about, the Ingalls Homestead includes covered wagon rides, an 1880s school session, the Little House, ponies, horses, and a prairie exhibit, as well as pioneering activities and a camping area.
http://www.ingallshomestead.com/
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes
Operated by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, which offers tours of two original Ingalls family homes, each filled with hundreds of items that belonged to the author and her family, as well as the First School of De Smet, the original school that Laura and Carrie attended as children.
http://www.discoverlaura.org/
An overview of an annual event in De Smet, South Dakota includes a description and schedule of its pre-show and show, pageant history, photographs, and contact information.
http://www.desmetpageant.org/
Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family shopped at the Loftus Store, and she wrote about Mr. Loftus and his store in her Little House books. Today, the original building is full of merchandise and Laura Ingalls Wilder souvenirs, t-shirts, dolls and books, along with memorabilia from the time that the Ingalls lived in De Smet, South Dakota.
http://www.loftusstore.com/
