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Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 90 †
Born: 1867
Born: February 7
Died: 1957
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
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Wisconsin
United States
Laura Ingalls
Lansford Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder
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