Editing Manning, Iowa (section)

==History==
Prior to the city's formation, the area of Manning was a swampy region occasionally used by local [[Iowa people]] for [[hunting]]. There were no nearby rivers and few trees.

The [[Iowa Southwestern]] railroad was completed in 1880. Some yards and a depot were constructed at the future location of Manning in  1881. In the same year, the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad]] constructed a road across Iowa, south of and parallel to, the Northwest. These railroads intersected at what is now Manning.

In 1969, an unknown saboteur used dynamite to bomb one of the rails and derail the passenger train traveling on the east——west Milwaukee railroad line (presently the Burlington Northern), apparently hoping that it would careen into the Nishnabotna river below. The train came to a safe stop but only after it derailed. The crime was never solved; no group claimed responsibility and no motive for the bombing was ever discovered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidkusel.com/hausbarn/promote/promote1.htm|title = Quick Tour of Manning, Iowa}}</ref>