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Ed Lavelle Presents The Thirteen Towns

Explore regional history with a local newspaper editor
2023-08-24 14:00:00 2023-08-24 15:00:00 America/Chicago Ed Lavelle Presents The Thirteen Towns Discover local history through the lens of early Fosston newspaper "The Thirteen Towns" with editor Ed Lavelle. Fertile Public Library -

Thursday, August 24
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-08-24 14:00:00 2023-08-24 15:00:00 America/Chicago Ed Lavelle Presents The Thirteen Towns Discover local history through the lens of early Fosston newspaper "The Thirteen Towns" with editor Ed Lavelle. Fertile Public Library -

Discover local history through the lens of early Fosston newspaper "The Thirteen Towns" with editor Ed Lavelle.

Discover local history through the lens of early Fosston newspaper, The Thirteen Towns. Ed Lavelle, editor of the The Thirteen Towns, will discuss the history of the paper and highlight favorite stories uncovered during the digitization of issues from 1891-1900. Those interested in regional history, journalism history and genealogy research are welcome to attend and join the discussion. This program is offered free-of-charge thanks to funding from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


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AGE GROUP: | Young Adults | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Presentations | Legacy Events |

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Fertile@larl.org
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Laura Gullickson
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The Fertile Public Library is tucked inside the Duane Knutson Community Center on Mill Street across the street from the Main Street Station & Deli. The Fertile Library is a large one-room library with access to a small meeting room and auditorium that can be reserved through the city office and 24-hour access to WiFi.

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