Title: Lydia Ferguson diary, 1854-1886
Description: Fascinating account, contained in this woman's personal diary, of early life in the Excelsior area. The places and lakes she describes are still readily accessible today. You can walk where she walked and see how the area has grown!
Subjects: Biography, Diaries, Frontier and pioneer life, Pioneers, Social life and customs
Places: Excelsior, Excelsior (Minn.), Minnesota
People: Lydia Ferguson Holtz (1825-1896)