Lottie Wetmore

Lottie's Diary Lottie Wetmore

Anyone who enjoys reading regional Iowa history, genealogies, or richly detailed chronicles of the nineteenth century will enjoy reading "Lottie's Diary." For more than a century, the diary of 19-year-old Lottie Wetmore lay forgotten in a file cabinet. The record of Lottie's trip to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and daily life on the family farm was almost lost forever. But now in this publication, the past has been brought back to life once more. Nearby towns of Rock Branch, Kingsley, Moville, Pierson, and Correctionville were bustling with shopping, sports, travel, and cultural events that have since dwindled. Lottie's journey of faith is also recorded, as she struggled with the question of whether she could trust God. In addition, this publication contains a history of the Wetmore family in America, starting with John Whitmore, who arrived in the Puritan colony of Connecticut in 1635. Let Lottie's Diary guide you back to the world of small town Iowa in the 1890s.