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VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A mural of Peggy Lee is on the north wall of the Historic Rudolf Hotel in Valley City.

Holly Foster Wells, the granddaughter of Peggy Lee talked about what it must have been like for her grandmother to leave the Wimbledon train depot, where she lived with her father, to getting her first singing job on KOVC.

Peggy Lee passed away in 2002, a motion picture about her life is being worked on in Hollywood.

She said the autobiography, titled “Ms. Peggy Lee” was just reissued as well and is available at most book stores.

The train depot in Wimbledon was the home to Peggy Lee during her last years of high school. The restored building is the home of the Peggy Lee Museum, chronicling her life, music, and the history of the Midland Continental Railroad.

The Peggy Lee Museum is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays now through Labor Day from 1pm to 4pm in Wimbledon, ND.

The full interview with Holly Foster Wells is available below.