Laura Ingalls Wilder's Last Home and Final Resting Place

[Music] [Music] so in 1894 Laura her husband amono and their 7-year-old daughter Rose came here bought 40 acres of land and they because of the hassles that they had had in um theet or they lost their Farm they Diversified so they did poultry [Music] Dairy and [Music] fruit we're about to take the tour of their original home that was built by Alonzo where they took part of their first Log Cabin here on the property and made it the kitchen unfortunately we're not allowed to film inside but we can take some [Music] photos yeah just [Music] kidding now eventually this new house was built and they enlarged the property from 4 acres to nearly 200 [Music] acres and it was here in 191 that Laura started her career as a journalist writing about Rural Life [Music] Alonso died at Rocky Ridge in 1949 at the grand old age of 92 and Laura continued living here until her passing at the age of 90 in 1957 [Music] [Music] well that was really really interesting yeah it's and that really like that house beautiful house and you can understand why they really liked this house wanted to come back here yeah it feels more like a home yeah to me it's very very hely right let's go up and check out the rock house then [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so welcome to the Rock House and this is where Laura and amono lived from 1928 to 1936 now apparently they never really liked it here not as much as their little white house so when Rose moved out of the white house because she had been staying there they moved back so this came about because Rose their daughter had been traveling Europe had become a very successful journalist and with the money she wanted to build a house for her mom and dad hence the rock house now unfortunately we are not allowed to take any video inside of the home but we are allowed to take some photos so we're going to compile a list of photos to show you what it looks like inside hope you enjoy it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] so even though they had a brand new house with all the top line of things like a refrigerator Alonzo smart man as he was didn't trust technology so he decided instead of using that fancy refrigerator he wanted to stick with the good old Cold Storage which is just down here yeah you can just see it's all over grown you can see the wall the roof of it that is really neat I'm surprised they don't uh clean that off actually so this is where story ends so to speak the final resting place I guess this is where everybody's story ends though I'm Monza James and Laura Les 1857 to 1949 Laura Engles was 1867 to 1957 he was 92 she was 190 their daughter Rose December 5th 1886 to October 30th 1968 and there's a little be there a separate one now I'm wondering with or not that is rose's baby that she lost in infancy I'm not sure it doesn't say anything so there you have it the end of the story yeah she brought so much to so many people through her writings you know kind of brought more of what the pioneer life was like growing up rest in peace Laura and Alonzo do you like what we do want to see more adventures and behind the scenes footage why not join our patreon it helps support the channel the link is in the description below thank you [Music] [Music]