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History teacher: New book offers definitive history of Old Frontenac

Wed, 04/11/2018 - 12:50pm
By: 
James Heise

“19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - the Rest of the Story,” is an epic undertaking by Lorry Wendland that is a minutely detailed history of the quaint river town of Old Frontenac, the small historic village that nestles along the Mississippi River about 70 miles south of St. Paul.

 

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