More Newsletter Round Up, Mansfield

The Rocky Ridge Review is the newsletter for members of the Laura Ingalls Wilder-Rose Wilder Lane Home Association, Mansfield, Missouri.

Though Rocky Ridge is the longest running home site, founded with the help of Rose Wilder Lane, a newsletter was not published until 1993.

My experience with obtaining back issues from Rocky Ridge is, that you can't. Either they haven't any back copies, and don't keep a master issue to make copies from, or they don't have a copier. I never received a response to my inquiry. I had to trade copies from another site for copies with another researcher.

As a side note, Rocky Ridge does not send tax receipts for monetary contributions, something to keep in mind when donating. The IRS no longer accepts your check as proof of contribution without a receipt from the organization stating the amount given. This again is my personal experience, my donations no longer go to the Mansfield site.

Headline articles are (for the copies that I have)

Five Years of Progress on Rocky Ridge Farm

Important Year on Rocky Ridge Farm

Rocky Ridge Day-October 15, 1994 Order of Events

In Tribute Roger Mac Bride

Garth Williams, Little House Illustrator, Dies at 84

Al Turner, One of the 'Boys of Rocky Ridge' Dies

The Weather During Laura's First Six Years In Missouri

You're Invited to Rocky Ridge Day, 1998!

The Morgan, A Horse For The Ozarks For Army Mounts or Farming, This Breed Wins

A Cub Reporter Visits With Rose Wilder Lane

It's A Half-Century For Mansfield's Laura Ingalls Wilder Library

2002 Rocky Ridge Day To Feature Kevin Hagen

Letters From the Wilder Mailbox

"Growing tree" to kick-off fundraising efforts

Charette Held to Brainstorm for the Future of the Wilder Site

Portion of pathway between historic homes opens for Wilder Day

The Books the Wilders Loved (lists 11 titles, no edition information. Gee, thanks.)

Founding Association member Juanita Parker named Board member Emeritus

"Laura's Pathway" Now In Use

The Smithsonian is coming!

The Story of The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home Association 1957-2007

Wilder Home hosts Smithsonian Exhibition

Hey, Rocky Ridge, before you get all excited about hosting the Smithsonian, why don't you have a list of the photos in the Ingalls' photo album, and scans made of the photos so that the board doesn't have to waste time denying requests to turn the pages. If you don't have the resources to do that, fund raise, giving specifics of what you need the money for.

P.S. I hear that no one has ever opened the window seats. Well, duh.