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Mankato

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Mankato (mănkā`tō), city (1990 pop. 31,477), seat of Blue Earth co., S Minn., at the confluence of the Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers; inc. 1865. It is a trade and processing center for a farm and dairy region. Industries include soybean processing and the manufacture of flour, feeds, building materials, and computer equipment. Mankato stone has been quarried there for over 100 years. The city is the seat of Minnesota State Univ., Mankato. Sibley Park in Mankato was the site of Camp Lincoln, where more than 300 Sioux were held and 38 of them hanged, after their revolt in 1862. A state park, with waterfalls, adjoins the city.


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The October 6 Mankato Free Press related that, wanting to "show the businesses that the community empathizes with their summer-long struggles," Neiman decided to donate 10 percent of his store's September sales to his downtown neighbors hit hard by the construction.
Blue Earth Review is the literary magazine of Minnesota State University, Mankato.
The Pebble First Guide to Dinosaurs Sally Lee Capstone Press PO Box 669, Mankato, Minnesota 56002 9781429632997, $13.
 
 
 
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