Minnie Peterson
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November 16, 1897
- Packer
- Guide
- Outfitter
Minnie Peterson | |
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| Born | Minnie Wilhelmina Nelson November 16, 1897 Hoko, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 1989 (aged 91) Forks, Washington, U.S. |
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| Spouse |
Oscar Allen Peterson
(m. 1915) |
| Children | 4; Vivian Irene Peterson, Ivan Peterson, Oscar Clarence Peterson and Carma Leota Peterson |
Minnie Peterson was born in 1897 in Hoko, Washington, U.S. to Swedish emigrant parents, Nels Nelson and Sofia Jönsdotter, who came to settle and pioneer land in Clallam County, Washington State. Nels emigrated from Linderöd, Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden in 1888 and Sofia from Snogeröd, Gudmuntorp, Skåne, Sweden in 1895. The couple married in Seattle, Washington in 1895, two years before Minnie was born.
Minnie later would become known as "The Packer" throughout the Olympic Peninsula and Hoh River, where she lived off the land and worked for over 50 years as a guide (1927–1978), outfitter and notable packer for trips into the high Olympics wilderness of the Peninsula. A campground in her namesake, the Minnie Peterson Camp and Picnic Area,[1][2] resides along the Hoh River nine miles south of the town of Forks, on Upper Hoh Road.[3]
In Minnie's published biography High Divide, she is described as a "tempered-steel character loved by some, admired by most and respected by all".[4]
