1947 January 23 : letter to Helen Crawford
Collection: Laura Ingalls Wilder Correspondence
Title
1947 January 23 : letter to Helen Crawford
Subject
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
Authors, American--Correspondence
Water conservation
Description
Letter from Laura Ingalls Wilder to Winfield, Kansas children's librarian Helen Crawford regarding the draining of Silver Lake, sloughs and springs, and later construction of dams.
Creator
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Source
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas
Date
1947-01-23
Rights
The copyright in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s correspondence is owned and controlled by Little House Heritage Trust, and may not be reproduced or otherwise copied or used without the Trust’s written permission. All rights reserved.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Correspondence
Citation
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, “1947 January 23 : letter to Helen Crawford,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/8.
Text
(in pencil) 8
Mansfield, Missouri
Jan 23. 1947
Dear Miss Crawford,
Your note and the clipping were appreciated even though they have been neglected and I thank you for both.
I am pleased that my books are still favorit[e]s.
Silver Lake did not dry up of itself. I[t] was drained and also the sloughs near it.
As the lake was fed by springs, they also were dried up in the process.
When I asked why in the world
[page 2]
so much beauty was wantonly destroyed, I was told that the people had gone crazy over more plow land during high prices and wanted to raise more wheat.
All the sloughs in that part of the country were drained so there were left no natural resivoirs [sic] to hold the water thus helping to prevent floods and furnish moistures.
New dams must be built at enormous public expense to hold water for irrigation and for flood control. Bah!
Please excuse one, but "What fools we mortals be."
Wishing you all good things
I remain
Sincerely your friend
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Original Format
Letter
Title
1947 January 23 : letter to Helen Crawford
Subject
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
Authors, American--Correspondence
Water conservation
Description
Letter from Laura Ingalls Wilder to Winfield, Kansas children's librarian Helen Crawford regarding the draining of Silver Lake, sloughs and springs, and later construction of dams.
Creator
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Source
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas
Date
1947-01-23
Rights
The copyright in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s correspondence is owned and controlled by Little House Heritage Trust, and may not be reproduced or otherwise copied or used without the Trust’s written permission. All rights reserved.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Correspondence
Citation
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, “1947 January 23 : letter to Helen Crawford,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/8.Text
(in pencil) 8
Mansfield, Missouri
Jan 23. 1947
Dear Miss Crawford,
Your note and the clipping were appreciated even though they have been neglected and I thank you for both.
I am pleased that my books are still favorit[e]s.
Silver Lake did not dry up of itself. I[t] was drained and also the sloughs near it.
As the lake was fed by springs, they also were dried up in the process.
When I asked why in the world
[page 2]
so much beauty was wantonly destroyed, I was told that the people had gone crazy over more plow land during high prices and wanted to raise more wheat.
All the sloughs in that part of the country were drained so there were left no natural resivoirs [sic] to hold the water thus helping to prevent floods and furnish moistures.
New dams must be built at enormous public expense to hold water for irrigation and for flood control. Bah!
Please excuse one, but "What fools we mortals be."
Wishing you all good things
I remain
Sincerely your friend
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Original Format
Letter