Authors Don Ward and Ted St. Mane both grew up in Lanesboro, graduating from the town's small high school 44 years apart. Acknowledged as 'Lanesboro's historian, ' Don Ward has spent many years gathering the huge collection of Lanesboro photographs and historic notes from which the contents of this book have been culled. Ted St. Mane is a videographer, writing and producing industrial and educational films for circulation throughout the United States.