Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota's Past

The earliest European visitors to Minnesota marvel at the area's flora and fauna. A soldier at Fort Snelling contemplates deserting. Swedish settler Andrew Peterson makes a daily record of his haying schedule, dropping in, without comment, a note of his marriage. Sarah Christie pleads with her father in the 1880s for a chance to go to college. Turn-of-the-century accountant Walter T. Post keeps his family informed of his saving and spending habits. In the 1920s, the Pioneer Press publishes recommendations for young ladies seeking a spouse.

These stories and more emerge from select diary and journal entries, from published accounts and business records-the experiences of ordinary Minnesotans. Matched with drawings and photographs that capture a way of life at a particular moment, these impressions offer a telling history of the state in the words of its people.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Meier, Peg
Published: 09/15/2009
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873516396
Pages: 336
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 10.90w x 1.00d