FORESTVILLE

NAME: Forestville COUNTY: Fillmore ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: Minnesota BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: The Meighen store is located in Forestville State Park. It is stocked with murchandise typical of the 1890s complete with costumed guides. The store is worth seeing, and if you hike around in the area you will find several old headstones. REMAINS: Store and cemetary

Forestville was once a rural trade center. Area farmers came to Forestville to trade their produce for goods and services. However, when the railroad by-passed the town in 1868, it struggled to survive. By 1890, Thomas Meighen, son of one of the town's founders, owned the entire village. The town's 50 residents made their living on his farm, working for housing and credit in the Meighen store. Go to http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hf/index.html for more information and pictures. Submitted by: Greg Griswold

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