Download or read book Andrew Peterson Diaries: Diary, January 11, 1893-March 29, 1989 (pages 901-1081) written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diaries and account books of a Minnesota horticulturist and farmer and his family, documenting his settlement near Lake Waconia (Carver County, Minn.) in 1855, the building of his log cabin, the establishment of a school and a church, the beginnings of local government, and his experiments in fruit culture. Also mentioned are Peterson's activities in the Swedish Baptist Church and the local grange, on the town and school boards, and in third-party movements, and his exhibition of fruit at local and state fairs.