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The Minnesota Historical Society operates Historic Forestville as a living museum set in 1899. Costumed interpreters portray Forestville residents and go about daily activities in the general store, house, kitchen, farm, and barn. Forestville was a rural trade center in the 1800s that declined after the railroad was built elsewhere in 1868. [2]
In 1949 the Minnesota State Legislature authorized the creation of Forestville State Park, with the intent to preserve what remained of the abandoned townsite. Mystery Cave was added to the state park in 1987. [7] Today Historic Forestville is operated as a historic site of the Minnesota Historical Society. [8]
English: Relief location map of Minnesota, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 49.6° N; ... Father Hennepin State Park; Forestville Mystery Cave State Park;
Forestville Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 356 as of the 2010 census. [3] It contains historic Forestville, which is now a living history museum within Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park. Forestville Township was organized in 1855, and named for Forest Henry, an early settler. [4]
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
The Parks and Trails Division manages 76 state park and recreation areas, 56 primitive campgrounds within Minnesota State Forests, 35 designated state water trails (totalling over 4,500 miles), over 3,000 public water accesses, over 1,300 miles of state trails (600 miles of paved trails), and over 300 fishing piers throughout the state. [8 ...
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Cherry Grove is an unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located 9 miles south of Wykoff, at the junction of Fillmore County 5 and 160th Street, near Forestville Mystery Cave State Park. U.S. Highway 63 and Fillmore County 14 are both in the vicinity.