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| | Minnesota Historic Sites: The Meighens and early Forestville, part two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In 1860, the population of Forestville was 100. |
 | | In 1880, the Caledonia, Mississippi and Western Railroad was pushing westward into Fillmore County, but it went north of Forestville through the towns of Prosper, Canton, Harmony and Preston. |
 | | As late as 1888, a team of railroad surveyors made quite a commotion among Forestville town residents when they explored routes for the Winona and Southwestern Railroad through Forestville to connect Osage, Iowa, with Lanesboro, Minn. The line was built in 1890, but was moved west of town, going through Spring Valley instead. |
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