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LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE--ROSE WILDER LANE--AND THE CROTON CONNECTION TO THE DROWSY SAINT INN
Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968) was the only child of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder, born on the Dakota prairie. Yes, she is the same "Lane" associated with the Little House on the Prairie books......She was also a famous journalist and prominent figure in the early American libertarian movement. AND LOOK....she apparently spent time at Jane Burr's Drowsy Saint Inn. Click on the images below.....(Read more about Burr and the long-gone inn at EverythingCroton: ANOTHER ONE OF CROTON'S BOHEMIANS--JANE BURR--DROWSY SAINT INN)
As to the other names mentioned in the images below---Howe was a prominent American lawyer and author known for his work in urban governance and civil liberties during the Progressive Era and the New Deal. Albert Rhys Williams, spelling of the middle name is often "off", was an American journalist, labor organizer, and publicist. Best known for his firsthand accounts of the 1917 Russian Revolution and a close associate of Lenin and John Reed, he was often described as a prominent apologist for the revolution.
READ MORE ABOUT WILDER'S LIFE---INCLUDING HER TIME IN CROTON--and other Croton notables she knew---IN THE BOOK: THE GHOST IN THE LITTLE HOUSE----AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AT The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane (Missouri Biography Series) (Volume 1): Holtz, William: 9780826210159: Amazon.com: Books
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