Editing Sebeka, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Sebeka originally grew around the depot of the K-line branch of the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]], which first came through the area in 1892.<ref name="mnhist" /> The first major industry in the area was logging.<ref name="mnhist" /> The town's first store was the Anderson Pioneer Store.<ref name=sebekahistory>[http://www.sebeka.com/AboutUs/history.html Sebeka History]</ref> The town was incorporated on March 19, 1898. Its population has gone from 233 in 1900 to a peak of 818 in 1960.<ref name=sebekahistory />

[[File:Sebeka MN post office.jpg|thumb|right|alt=one-story brick building with sign "United States Post Office, Sebeka, Minnesota". In the background a water tower is visible.|Sebeka post office.]]

===Point of interest===
In the Sebeka High School building is a mural, painted in 1938, by artist [[Richard Haines]] that demonstrates the casein paint process as used in fresco-painting.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 14, 2011 |author=Iceberg |title=Sebeka mural a real treasure |url=http://www.srperspective.com/2011/02/sebeka-mural-a-real-treasure/ |website=Sr. Perspective |access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref> Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]].