WELCOME TO THE WILDER FARM!

Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association (ALIWA), incorporated June 5, 1987, is a volunteer, historic, educational non-profit organization. The museum/home-stead consists of 84 acres of farmland, woods, restored ORIGINAL post and beam constructed farmhouse (1840-1843), reconstructed post and beam framed barns and outbuildings, a museum/visitor center/research library/ archives/gift shop/ office building complex, replica one room schoolhouse, orchard, covered picnic pavilion, and nature trail to the Wilder family frontage on the Trout River .

PRESERVING LEGACY

The Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association purchased this property in 1987 and began the immense project of restoring the house to reflect the time the Wilder family lived there. The barns were built according to drawings Almanzo made for Laura. Tours will connect visitors to the Farmer Boy story and to the way of life in 19th century rural life in  northern New York. The site is on the National History Registry and is a Literary Landmark.

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FROM THE NOVEL

This site is the original home of Almanzo Wilder, subject of the book, Farmer Boy, written by his wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder. The story describes one year of Almanzo’s childhood when he was nine. The readers experiences rural farm lfe through the eyes of a young boy and will enjoy reading about his experiences from school escapades to showing a pumpkin at the county fair!

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OUR MISSION

The mission of the Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Association is to educate people about rural life in Northern New York from 1840 – 1875 through preservation and restoration of the Wilder Homestead, boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder, using Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, as a reference