Ep 44 - Mary Ingalls and the Iowa School for the Blind
Trundlebed Tales
English - September 21, 2013 19:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHistory laura ingalls wilder one-room schools historic food historic foodways Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join host Sarah S. Uthoff as she talks to Iowa School for the Blind and Sight Saving School alumnus and historian Robert Spangler. The ISBSSS is the second oldest school in the state of Iowa and sits on a beatuiful campus in Vinton, Iowa. The school's most famous alumnus is Laura Ingalls Wilder's sister, Mary Ingalls. Spangler is the force behind a very impressive website dedicated to the school's history and is part of the new Mary Ingalls Society. If you've ever wondered about the school's history, how they have faced recent challenges from politics and forces of nature, or want to know what's up with their new Mary Ingalls organization tune in and find out.