AUGUST  SPECIAL  TOUR
A CARAVAN TOUR is a group of vehicles (maximum of six) traveling together.  Everyone travels in their own vehicle.   Little House Site Tours plans the routes, lodging, site visits, picnics, and dinners.  Most lodging places have a swimming pool. Caravan tour participants can sign up for Part 1 and/or Part 2 of any tour. Part 1 begins on August 4, 7 PM, in Hudson, WI; ends with 6 PM
dinner in Brookings, SD, on August 8.  Part 2 begins on Aug. 8 with 6 PM dinner in Brookings, SD; ends with overnight stay  near St. Louis, Missouri on August 12, 2015.
A VAN TOUR  provides transportation in a comfortable vehicle.    All passengers must be 18 years of age and older. 
This van tour begins on August 4, 7 PM, in Hudson, WI. Shuttle service available to Hudson, WI, from Minneapolis Int'l Airport.  www.chippewavalleyairportservice.com    The van tour ends on August 12, with overnight stay in St. Louis, MO.   Complimentary shuttle service  is available on August 13 to Lambert Int'l Airport, in St. Louis.    Van tour includes everything in Part 1 and Part 2.       
                                                                                       USE THIS LINK FOR YOUR AUGUST TOUR REGISTRATION FORM.        
AUGUST TOUR    PART  1  
August 4 - 8, 2015
AUGUST TOUR   PART  2    August 8 - 12, 2015
 Includes, Independence, KS, and Mansfield, MO 
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Visit Laura's Birthplace - Little House Wayside,
Depot Museum,  Pepin Museum,  and
Lake Pepin.
     Learn more about Pepin, Wisconsin, at
IOWA BRAILLE SCHOOL 
             Vinton, Iowa
  Attended by Mary Ingalls.
Alumni of the school are often our guides for the tour.
HERBERT  HOOVER  LIBRARY
West Branch, Iowa

We will see Laura's correspondence with
her daughter, Rose, while the books were
being written.
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   WALNUT  GROVE,  MINNESOTA
    LIW PARK AND MUSEUM
Burr Oak, Iowa 

We tour the Masters Hotel and learn more about Laura's life in 1876-77.
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INGALLS HOMESTEAD
De Smet, South Dakota
FUN  FOR ALL AGES
DE SMET, SOUTH DAKOTA

A special evening here as we see the pageant
These Happy Golden Years.
We visit the Surveyors' House , Ingalls' Home, and the Ingalls Homestead Site.
SPRING VALLEY CHURCH MUSEUM
Spring Valley, Minnesota

The Wilders were instrumental in the building of this church.  Learn more about the Wilder years in
Spring Valley and enjoy this beautiful museum.
     Spring Valley, Minnesota
Examining Laura's Manuscript
The  First  Four  Years
Herbert Hoover Library
Depot Museum
Pepin Museum.
MANSFIELD, MISSOURI
We tour Rocky Ridge Farm & Rock House, Mansfield, MO,
where the Little House Books were written.
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Enjoy the Walnut Grove Museum, with all their hands-on activities and picture taking opportunities.  We see Pa's bell and visit the Dugout Site.
We always enjoy our visit to the Little House on the Prairie Museum, near Independence, Kansas.
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE MUSEUM
Visit  Two  Towns  on  the Wilders'  1894  Journey
Yankton,  South  Dakota and Lamar, Missouri
Find out what was here in 1894 and the many town additions since that time.


Visit the Pony Express Museum
in St. Joseph, Missouri
Learn more about the interesting adventures
of the pony express riders.
Part 3 - Option    Extension of August Tour        Visiting  Hannibal,  Missouri
Includes  1. Mark Twain Museum  2. Trolley tour of area  3. Mark Twain Riverboat
​Tour includes admission to three places listed above; lodging for Thursday night, August 13; lunch and dinner in Hannibal.
Cost:  Van tour  -  $200 per person - includes all van transportation
Caravan tour:  1 or 2 people  -  $200     3 or 4 people:  $300
You can add the Part 3 Option when you pay the final balance for the tour.

Any questions?    Contact Little House Site Tours