Preston

by Al Mathison

Overview

Nestled in a lush valley along the banks of the Root River, Preston, Minnesota, is ideally located at the geographic center of Fillmore County. The earliest settlers found the area rich with everything they needed to build a community: timber, building stone, water power, and fertile soils. By 1860, Preston was a bustling business and government center in the heart of the most populous county in Minnesota. With rare and vintage photographs culled from the collection of the Fillmore County History Center, as well as from the albums and scrapbooks of many local residents, this book brings together nearly 200 images of Preston and its environs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738532363
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/22/2004
Series:	Images of America Series
Edition description:	Preston, Minnesota
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Author Al Mathison is a Preston-area farmer and writer with a keen interest in local history. Many of the stories he tells through the captions that accompany the photographs are widely known, while others make for fascinating additions to Preston's hidden and long-forgotten history.