Edie's Story
Peterson, Edie
Born in a small town in northernNorth Dakota, Edie Petersongrew up during the 1920's and1930's. After her father's death, she and seven siblings were rearedby her widowed mother survivingextremes of weather, poverty, theGreat Depression, Prohibition, and the Dust Bowl. Married in1938, she and her husband hadno choice but to leave home forthe west coast in search of jobs. Asthe country struggled to overcomethe Depression and becameembroiled in ...