Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved. Author Dan L. White examines the reality of the long, hard winter. White uses contemporary newspaper articles, autobiographies and historical accounts of those who lived through that time to weave a fascinating story of the incredible winter of 1880-81.

Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum

Long, Hard Winter of 1880-81 – Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum