The Fall 2025 issue of South Dakota History , the quarterly journal of the South Dakota State Historical Society, features articles with a Laura Ingalls Wilder theme. Nancy Tystad Koupal's "'A Story in the Rough'" illuminates the little-known history behind the writing and publication of Wilder's posthumously released The First Four Years . Next, in "A Trip to Dakota," Cindy Wilson revives the narrative of an 1880 journey into Dakota Territory along the Missouri River, as told by two adventurous young women, Lizzie and Ruth Irish. At the time, their father, Charles Wood Irish, was working as the lead surveyor for the Dakota Central Railroad, which paved the way for the Ingalls family to move to Dakota Territory. Finally, SDHS Press director Dedra McDonald Birzer presents a “Historical Musings” about Rose Wilder Lane's contributions to twentieth-century intellectual discourse.
