April 23, 2026
Eric Fairchild of De Smet B & B Prairie House Manor
What Laura Ingalls Wilder fan among us hasn't dreamed of living in De Smet, South Dakota? Eric Fairchild actually made that a reality when he and his partner took over Prairie House Manor Bed and Breakfast, a longtime staple of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Dakota Territory hometown.
On this week's Land of Laura podcast, Eric tells us all about his career change from retail lifer to innkeeper, the experience of trading urban Colorado for South Dakota, and the joy of immersing himself fully in the history of his new hometown — where he arrived without having read a single Little House book.
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