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BOOK TALK - Journey Through the Territory and Times of Smith Lake, part II

  • WCHS 2001 Hwy 25 N Buffalo, MN 55313 United States (map)

This is the second part of the Lost Town series in Wright County, Minnesota. As you read this exhilarating book of Smith Lake, you will realize, just how exciting and frightening history can be from the mid 1800's to the 1940's.
Understand history through the building of a railroad town and follow local ancestors as they settled the Village of the Smith Lake area. Family genealogy and personal stories make this book complete, spanning generations through four Wars and the Depression, all over the state and country who continue to thrive today. You will read about murders, celebrations, history of Wright County, the expansion of the railroads, the area and the Village along with so much more.
Smith Lake was like so many other railroad towns across the United States of America. But where did all the small towns like Smith Lake go? The answer for THIS town is inside this 400-page book.

Please join us for this free presentation in the WCHS Activity Room.