Walkers step back in time with history tour of Old Frontenac
Wed, 08/21/2019 - 3:00pm
It was a glorious evening as the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group gathered in Old Frontenac to walk and learn about the history of the community.
Jim Schreck narrated the walk telling the group how Old Frontenac was settled starting with the Native Americans, to the French and Spanish fur traders to James Wells and finally to Evert Vestervelt and the Garrard family, who in the 1850’s really put time and resources into developing what is now Old Frontenac.
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