Manyaska Township near Welcome in Martin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Manyaska

August 14, 2023

1. Manyaska Marker

Inscription. Located on this site, the town of Manyaska was established in 1899 and was a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad between Welcome and Ceylon. Manyaska is a Dakota word which means "white bank or bluff." At one time the town had two lumberyards, a post office, a creamery, a grain elevator, a general store, a hotel and a depot. Though it was a prosperous shipping point for livestock and grain, Manyaska gradually declined. The post office closed in 1908, the stockyards closed, the grain elevator burned down in 1960, and the last building, the general store, was moved to Welcome in 1961 by the Ray Wohlhuter family and converted to their residence. All that remains today is open farmland. For more information please visit the Martin County Historical Society/Pioneer Museum in Fairmont.

Erected 2003 by Martin County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1899.

Location. 43° 36.395′ N, 94° 37.72′ W. Marker is near Welcome, Minnesota, in Martin County. It is in Manyaska Township. It is on 83rd Street 0.3

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miles east of 120th Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1211 83rd St, Welcome MN 56181, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lone Cedar (approx. 4.7 miles away); Tenhassen (approx. 5.8 miles away); Site of German Evangelical Church & Cemetery (approx. 6.7 miles away); De Soto (approx. 7½ miles away); Okamanpadu Lake (approx. 8.4 miles away in Iowa); Site of the Singing Oak (approx. 8.7 miles away); The Legend of the Singing Sisseton Oak (approx. 8.7 miles away); Pioneer Memorial Drive / Fairmont (approx. 8.8 miles away).

Manyaska Marker, from the west image. Click for full size.

August 14, 2023

2. Manyaska Marker, from the west

Manyaska Marker, from the east image. Click for full size.

August 14, 2023

3. Manyaska Marker, from the east

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2023. This page has been viewed 517 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 15, 2023.