Lanesboro, Minnesota: Historic Destination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738520315)

In 1942, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis wrote that the Lanesboro area was "...worthy of Vermont in its sturdy quietude. Through all this district, secret little valleys branch off from the major valleys of the Root River, and there is room enough and view enough for 11,000 poets." Promoted in the late 1860s to east coast investors as an idyllic retreat, Lanesboro was established as a resort community and soon realized an impressive boom due to its unparalleled waterpower. Progressing not as a tourist area, but rather along other avenues of commerce, the community once hailed as the 'biggest little town in southeastern Minnesota' fell off the fast track of growth before its charm could be diminished by too much progress. Today Lanesboro's beautiful 1870s downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the entire city is a haven for the arts-a showcase for the natural beauty that Sinclair Lewis touted more than sixty years ago.

Author: Don Ward, Ted St Mane
ISBN-10: 0738520314
ISBN-13: 9780738520315
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2002
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.44w x 0.39d