"A History of Western Murray County" by Robt. B. Forrest Intro Pages 4-5,
Murray Co., MN 
Published 1947
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Early Western Murray County, History

  This book was written by my grandfather, Robert B. Forrest, and published in 
  1947. My grandfather was a newspaperman with a passion for local history. He 
  put out the weekly Lake Wilson Pilot for many years, then in his retirement 
  wrote a weekly column for the Murray County Herald for many more. The book is 
  in two parts. Part 1 contains vignettes on different aspects of the history of 
  Murray County, Minnesota, from the voyageurs through World War II. Many 
  portions were taken directly from my grandfather's weekly newspaper columns. 
  Some stories are specific to this local area. Others apply generally to the 
  conditions encountered by all those 19th Century pioneers who first settled 
  the vast Midwest American prairie.

  Part 2 of the book presents brief histories of 66 early families who settled 
  in and near Lake Wilson and Hadley, Minnesota. The material for each history 
  was provided by the individual family concerned. 

  Many of the photographs in the book were taken by Martin Forrest between 1895 
  and 1920. Marty was my granduncle and an avid photographer. He did all his own 
  photo processing and left behind a collection of hundreds of photos.

  As much as possible, the original text is presented with no changes of any 
  kind. I have tried to introduce no new errors during the process of scanning 
  and text conversion. However, some errors are unavoidable. I would be grateful 
  to readers who point them out to me. I will correct my transcription errors 
  and in time will try to add an errata page of mistakes in the original book.

  Copyright to the contents of this book is held by the several descendants of 
  the original author. Readers are welcome to quote from the book provided 
  credit is given to the original book. Portions of the book may be reproduced 
  for readers' own family histories, provided such histories are not intended 
  for commercial purposes, and provided credit is given to the original book. 
  All other use of the text or photographs without permission of a descendant of 
  the original author is expressly forbidden.

  Robert B. Forrest III(rbforrest@mail.com)

  Whidbey Island, Washington
  January, 2001