of Wilder's possessions and handiwork can be seen today at Rocky Ridge Farm, as well as the Malone, New York, and Spring Valley, Minnesota, farm sites. The Rocky Ridge Farm is known today as the Laura Ingalls Wilder/Rose Wilder Lane Museum. From the accounts left by his wife and daughter, Almanzo Wilder appears to have been a quiet, stoic man, representative of the time and culture in which he lived. His love of farming, horses, and rural living are well documented within his family and friends' written recollections. Family tree Name origin In one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, Little Town on the Prairie, the attribution of her husband's unusual first name reads thus: It was wished on me. My folks have got a notion there always has to be an Almanzo in the family, because 'way back in the time of the Crusades there was a Wilder went to them, and an Arab or somebody saved his life. El Manzoor, the name was. They changed it after a while in England. In the media Books Laura Ingalls Wilder published in 1933 the novel Farmer Boy, a mostly fictional account based on one year from Almanzo's childhood. Heather Williams wrote and published, in 2012, Farmer Boy Goes West, another (and even more) fictional book based on Almanzo's childhood. Television Wilder was portrayed in the television adaptations of Little House on the Prairie by : Dean Butler, in the television series Little House on the Prairie and its movie sequels, Walton Goggins, in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder films. Legacy The boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder near Malone, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Operated and sustained by the Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association, the homestead is an interactive educational center, museum, and working farm. References External links Almanzo Wilder Farm — Almanzo's boyhood home Information on Malone, New York — from the website "Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl." Little House in Limbo: Article on Almanzo Wilder Almanzo's claim documentation discussed Minnesota Historical Society: Minnesota State Census Index 1875 About the Ingalls Family (Sarah S. Uthoff) 1857 births 1949 deaths Farmers from New York (state) People from Wright County, Missouri People from Malone, New York People from De Smet, South Dakota Wilder family People from Spring Valley, Minnesota Year of birth uncertain