Historedia
Person

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1875–1877

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Laura Ingalls Wilder, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Albert's swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts devastates the western United States

    1875–1877

    Role: Author

    1. 1875 · Western United StatesAlbert's Swarm Sighting

      A famous 1875 sighting estimated a Rocky Mountain locust swarm at 198,000 square miles, 27.5 million tons, and some 12.5 trillion insects.

    2. 1877 · Nebraska and MissouriLegislative Response to Locusts

      In 1877, Nebraska and Missouri enacted laws requiring labor or offering bounties to combat locust hatching.

Sources

  1. Rocky Mountain locust Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-20