“This scenic Mississippi River site provided Native American food, shelter, and transportation for over 9000 years. Count Frontenac, the Governor of New France, sponsored the first European explorers to this area in 1680.
James (Bully)Wells established a fur trading post in 1840. In 1854, Evert Westervelt opened the first store in “Western Landing”. Isreal and Lewis Garrand brought resources and craftsmen to build an aristocratic frontier city and in 1857 platted the town Westervelt.
The village was renamed Frontenac in 1859 and prospered in fur trading, logging, limestone and hospitality.”
~Frontenac Heritage Preservation Commission
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In Search Of A Ghost Town
Posted: August 24, 2010
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