Historic Forestville
Address:
21899 County 118 Road, Preston MN 55965
Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors and college students, $4 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under and MHS members. State park vehicle permit required.
Phone: 507-765-2785
Email:
forestville@mnhs.org
Website: http://www.mnhs.org/forestville
See 19th century merchandise in the Meighen family store, discover what's cooking in the kitchen, and help the hired hand with chores in the garden and farm buildings at this once 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.
