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The town's population began to drop after the railroad bypassed Forestville in 1868; many families began leaving for more prosperous areas. By 1880, the town's population was only 55 and most businesses had closed. As families left town, the Meighen family began buying up cheap property, and by 1889,
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The town of Forestville was settled in 1852 and organized in 1855, receiving this name in honor of Forest Henry, the first probate judge of Fillmore County. Henry settled in Forestville in 1854. The town was incorporated in 1891 and had a post office from 1855 until 1902.
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they owned the entire town and its surrounding area. By the early 1900s, even the Meighen family had left Forestville, and their general store's doors were closed in 1910, marking the end of the town's life.
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in October 1853. As more people arrived in Minnesota territory, the town gained a blacksmith shop, a cabinet shop, saw mills, farms, stores, grist mills and hotels.
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Brothers-in-law William and Felix Meighen were some of the first settlers. Felix saw the need for a general store and stocked it with $ 700 worth of goods from
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore County, Minnesota
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Today Historic Forestville is operated as a historic site of the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Forestville, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Forestville, Minnesota is located in the United States
Preston, Minnesota
43°38′34.23″N 92°12′53.37″W / 43.6428417°N 92.2148250°W / 43.6428417; -92.2148250
73000976
ghost town
Forestville Township
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Wykoff
Preston
Galena
Minnesota State Legislature
Forestville State Park
Minnesota Historical Society
1880
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Upham, Warren
ISBN
0-87351-396-7
"The Meighens and Forestville | Historic Sites Minnesota Historical Society"
"The Meighens and Forestville | Historic Sites Minnesota Historical Society"
"The Meighens and Forestville | Historic Sites Minnesota Historical Society"
"The Meighens and Forestville | Historic Sites Minnesota Historical Society"
Upham, Warren

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