Editing Good Thunder, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:Good Thunder.jpg|thumb|left|Good Thunder, after whom the town is named]]
Originally, this area was a part of the [[Winnebago Reservation]] from 1855 to 1859. John Graham established a hotel in what is now the town in 1870.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schrader |first=Julie |title=The Heritage of Blue Earth County |publisher=Curtis Media Corporation |year=1990 |pages=214}}</ref> When the railroad arrived in Minnesota, the town began as an agricultural commerce center.

Good Thunder was [[plat]]ted in April 1871, and named for a [[Winnebago people|Winnebago]] chief (who was also known as Wakuntchapinka).<ref name=":1">{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n78 59]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Upham |first=Warren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ci0UAAAAYAAJ |title=Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society |date=1920 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |others=Minnesota Historical Society |volume=XVII |pages=59–60 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Johansen |first1=Bruce E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IYIbAQAAMAAJ |title=The Encyclopedia Of Native American Biography |last2=Jr |first2=Donald A. Grinde |date=August 21, 1998 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-80870-8 |pages=150 |language=en}}</ref> Chief Good Thunder was well known to the early white towns people, and he had converted to [[Christianity in the United States|Christianity]].<ref name=":1" />

The town was incorporated on March 2, 1893.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Upham |first=Warren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC |title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia |date=2001 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |isbn=978-0-87351-396-8 |pages=63 |language=en}}</ref>