Ingalls Homestead

12/17/2025

🎄Sip & Shop tonight! 🎄Come check out the deals! We're open until 7pm downtown at the Wilder Welcome Center. Can't join us in person? We are offering expedited shipping deals in our online shop if you have any last-minute gift needs.🎅

at our great stores that will be OPEN LATE tomorrow night (Wednesday, Dec. 17) for a Sip & Shop! 🍹🎁🥳

Whatever you're still shopping for, we're sure you'd be able to find it in De Smet!

11/29/2025

We are celebrating Small Business Saturday with fresh snow and great deals! Enjoy 25% off sitewide or check out our in-person deals. Our friend J. W. Jesser will be joining us to sign books from 2pm - 4pm today at the Wilder Welcome Center (201 Calumet Ave) when we have the best deals of the year! He just released Festive Tales II earlier this month. In addition to SD authors and books, we have a great selection of gifts and treats, some classics and some new to us. Stop in to check out our 2025 Holiday Shop!

Shop for holiday gifts from the Ingalls Homestead, home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family from 1880-1886. Check out our line of gifts and toys and our signature hardover little house book set in a wooden crate.

09/02/2025

A few leaves have yellowed in our area last week! We've moved to our autumn hours today. In September, we will be open from 9am-5pm every day. Sunday through Friday our activities and covered wagon rides are available from 11am - 2pm, and on Saturdays, they are available 10am - 4pm. 🍂🍂🍂

08/31/2025

Check out the new addition to our downtown! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with De Smet Cheyenne!! 🌻💛🌻

Mural 32/50 for the is complete here in DeSmet! So grateful to have connected with Visit De Smet & The Ingalls Homestead to make this happen in such a short period of time!
📍DeSmet, South Dakota - Population : 1,037
Surrounded by breathtaking prairie & wildlife. Some of you know the name DeSmet because it's the location of Laura Ingalls childhood home & the backdrop to quiet a few of her stories. The town is filled with history from the incredible author, but also the community and people who have shaped it into what it is now 💗

07/19/2025

Gorgeous weather, great people and good vibes - it's as close to a perfect prairie day as you can get! 😎😎 Visit us, tour the town with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society , then take in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant - De Smet, SD this evening - so much to see and do in Visit De Smet !!

07/12/2025

Peaceful prairie morning! But, we're about to be bustling!! Dean Butler Charlotte Stewart, and Wendi Lou Lee will be with at the Ingalls Homesteead THIS morning from 10am-12pm. 🤩🤩 Stop on by if you can!

07/10/2025

Attention Laura Fans & Bonnetheads - Saturday 10am - 12pm - we hope you can make out to meet Little House Cast and grab an autograph on the front porch of the Ingalls Homestead Visitors Center! Wendi Lou Lee was out for a visit on the prairie today!! Excitement is in the air!!

Have you gotten your tickets for this weekend?! There are various times for most activities so be sure to check the schedule!

Sunday's Luncheon is a MUST ATTEND! Delicious food, watch the documentary, chat with the Cast + more.

Get tickets and see the schedule here: https://www.desmetpageant.org/homecoming

07/01/2025

The Kingsbury Journal had a great article about next weekend's Prairie Homecoming event. Interviews with Dean Butler and Wendi Lou Lee as well as director of the new documentary Little House Homecoming Jonathan Parker are included. Kudos to report Corrie Walter for a good read! https://www.kingsburyjournal.com/stories/television-show-actors-coming-to-de-smet,13585?

The new documentary “Little House Homecoming” is coming to De Smet July 11-13. “Little House Homecoming,” directed by Jonathan Parker, is a love letter to all things Laura Ingalls Wilder, her …

06/25/2025

Looking for great places to visit across South Dakota!?! Check out Travel South Dakota's passport programs. You can find us and other awesome places to visit (or find a great donut and coffee🤔😋) on the Great Finds Passport - and win some prizes!

Discover the hidden gems of South Dakota with the free, mobile-exclusive digital "South Dakota Great Finds" Passport. The pass is designed to help you discover new restaurants, retail businesses, outdoor activities and more. Check in during your stops for discounts, prizes and more.

12/02/2024

Today - 20% off online or in-store - is the last day of our Small Business Sale! If you're shopping small and/or local businesses this season, THANK YOU! We also like to shop small and carry many items - dolls, ornaments, soap, and more - from small makers and businesses. They are good people who make great products with care and intention.
www.ingallshomestead.com/shop

Shop for holiday gifts from the Ingalls Homestead, home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family from 1880-1886. Check out our line of gifts and toys and our signature hardover little house book set in a wooden crate.

11/29/2024

Little Town - Small Business Saturday! Tomorrow on De Smet's historic main street, Calumet Ave., and around town. We'll have deals online and in-person at the Wilder Welcome Center on 2nd & Calumet, right across the street from where Pa's store stood! ❄️⛄️

BLACK FRIDAY & SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY in De Smet! 🥳🛍

this weekend and be sure to stop by our wonderful stores in town! Grab a coffee, go shopping, get some lunch or supper and spend some quality time with friends or family. 🎄