Editing Kandiyohi, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Kandiyohi was laid out in 1869, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{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/n289 270]}}</ref> In 1869 the Minnesota legislature voted Kandiyohi to be the new state capital due to its central location. The bill was vetoed by [[List of Governors of Minnesota|governor]] [[William Rainey Marshall]] on the grounds that "[t]he western treeless districts" further out from Kandiyohi would place the capital away from the likely population center.<ref>'Shaping Minnesota's Identity: 150 Years of State History' pgs. 66-7, Steven J. Keillor, 2008 {{ISBN|978-1-880654-37-8}}</ref>

Kandiyohi was derived from a Sioux name meaning "where the buffalo fish come from".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n171 172]}}</ref>