Editing Marshall, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Marshall was [[plat]]ted in 1872 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/n332 313]}}</ref> Lake Marshall Township had been established in the area two years earlier, and included a post office and several farms. Before that, the site was occasionally used as a campground for groups of [[Santee Sioux|Dakota]], who hunted and traveled throughout the region. After much discussion, James J. Manton decided on Marshall in honor of Governor [[William R. Marshall]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA99|year=1908|page=99}}</ref>

The town grew rapidly. In 1873, [[Samuel Biglari]] published Marshall's first newspaper, the ''Prairie Schooner''. In the October 25, 1873, issue, he wrote, "Nine months ago the first house was erected. Now there are 79 permanent buildings already constructed, and this number will be increased by others already planned." Marshall became an incorporated village in 1876 and a city on February 20, 1901. In April 1874, the local paper estimated Marshall's population at 300; by 1900 the population was 2,088. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was built in 1884. The Weiner Memorial Hospital was built in 1950. Also during the 1950s, Marvin Schwan transformed his dairy into an ice-cream home-delivery service, which eventually grew into the Schwan Food Company.<ref>Radzilowski, J. (1997). ''Prairie town: A history of Marshall, Minnesota, 1872-1997''. Marshall, MN: Lyon County Historical Society.</ref>

The flooding of the [[Redwood River]] had historically been a problem in Marshall. The city experienced a series of floods in the 1940s and 1950s. Diversion canals were constructed between 1961 and 1963, but occasional flooding still occurs, notably in 1993. Another project in 1997 removed {{convert|107,000|m3|yd3|abbr=off|sp=us}} of sediment from the diversion channel. The diversion channel and Redwood River underwent major upstream and downstream improvements, completed in December 2000. During the spring and fall of 2010, the Marshall area experienced unseasonably high amounts of moisture, but the Redwood River remained within its banks through town.

[[SMSU|Southwest Minnesota State University]] was founded in 1963 and opened in 1967. Most of the campus was constructed between 1967 and 1973.