 The couple married in Seattle, Washington in 1895, two years before Minnie was born.Minnie later would become known as “The Packer” throughout the Olympic Peninsula and Hoh River, where she lived off the land and worked for over 50 years as a guide (1927-1978), outfitter and notable packer for trips into the high Olympics wilderness of the Peninsula.A campground in her namesake, the Minnie Peterson Camp and Picnic Area, resides along the Hoh River nine miles south of the town of Forks, on Upper Hoh Road.