Andrew Peterson (farmer)

Andrew Peterson (Swedish: Anders Pettersson) was a Swedish immigrant, fruit farmer, and botanist who settled land near Parley Lake in Minnesota Territory (now Waconia, Minnesota) in Carver County. Peterson's farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a museum and interpretive center.

Andrew Peterson
Anders Pettersson
Andrew Peterson next to his original shanty cabin, c.1885
Born
Anders Pettersson

(1818-10-20)October 20, 1818
Västra Ryd parish in Ydre Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden.
DiedMarch 31, 1898(1898-03-31) (aged 79)
Andrew Peterson Farmstead, Waconia, Minnesota.
Resting placeScandia Baptist Cemetery in Waconia, Minnesota.
CitizenshipSwedish, American.
OccupationFarmer
Known forDevelopment of apple trees which greatly influenced the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
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