Whitewater Falls is an abandoned townsite in sections 27 and 34 of Whitewater Township in Winona County, Minnesota. [1]
History
Whitewater Falls had a post office from 1856 until 1899. [2] The town took its name from the Whitewater River. [3] Clark William Trisler (1840-1921), farmer and Minnesota state legislator, lived in Whitewater Falls with his wife and family. [4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitewater Falls, Minnesota
- ^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 635. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 584.
- ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Carl William Trisler
External links
- "Whitewater Township, Beavers, Whitewater Falls" from C.M. Foote & Co. (1894). historicmapworks.com
- Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, "History of Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota, The History of Winonia County, Minnesota. H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co. (1913)
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