Trundlebed Tales: Bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder, Children’s Literature, and History to Life
Ushers Ferry Update May 2010
Ushers Ferry School Interior Pre-Flood
The fall out from the Floods of 2008 continues. (A fact sadly that Nashville will soon learn.) Ushers Ferry is the historic village I used to work at in Cedar Rapids. A grant from the U.S. Department of Labor paid 4-6 workers (with preference given to local workers who lost either jobs or houses during the flood) since last November and will until June 30th. 34 of 36 historic buildings were damaged or destroyed in the flood. Teresa White, director of the site, says “We’re two, three, four years ahead of where we would have been (without the grant funded workers).” The buildings not destroyed or damaged beyond repair should be fixed and should be opened in June.
Sarah S. Uthoff is a nationally known Laura Ingalls Wilder authority and has presented at five of the Wilder homesites, many times at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, many conferences and numerous libraries, museums, and events around the Midwest. She is the main force behind Trundlebed Tales fighting to bring the History, Mystery, Magic, and Imagination of Laura Ingalls Wilder and other greats of children’s literature and history to life for a new generation. How can you help? Attend one of her programs, schedule one yourself, watch her videos, listen to her podcast, look at her photos, and find her on Facebook , Twitter , Google+, LinkedIn , SlideShare, and Academia.edu . Professionally she is a reference librarian at Kirkwood Community College and former director of the Oxford (Iowa) Public Library.
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