Historic Forestville

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General Store: A Village Store in 1902, by Megan O'Hara.
Mankato, MN. : Capstone Press, 1998.
MNHS call number: HF5429.3 .O43 1998

A History of the Meighens of Forestville, by Gregory J. Hellweg.
1979.
MNHS call number: F612.F49 F654 1979

The Meighen Sept in America and in Ireland, by Bernard Patrick Meighen.
Jacksonville, Fla. : Meighen, 1979.
MNHS call number: CS71.M489 1979

Forestville, the Making of a State Park, by Roy W. Meyer.
In Minnesota History,  44/3, Fall 1974.
MNHS call numberDigital Copy

Fillmore County
Austin, Minn. : KSMQ Public Television, 1995.
Program looks at the history of Fillmore County, Minnesota. Includes a visit to Forestville and a look at its history; examines the many hotels that once thrived in the county and tours the two hotels operating today, Mabel House Hotel and Wenneson Hotel; tells the story of airplane designer and builder Bernard Pietenpol.
videocassette (28 min.)
MNHS call number:  Use Copy 662

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