Editing Valentine, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Valentine was founded in 1882. The Valentine post office was established on December 4, 1882. The [[Sioux City and Pacific Railroad]] was extended to that point and train service began on April 1, 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/cherry/valentine/ | title=Valentine, Cherry County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=2 August 2014 | archive-date=August 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052834/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/cherry/valentine/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named for [[Edward K. Valentine]], a Nebraska representative.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=40| isbn=0803250606 }}</ref><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=PA132|year=1908|page=132}}</ref>

As late as 1967, Valentine was split between two [[Time in the United States|time zones]]. According to a news report, "The [[Mountain Time Zone|mountain]] and [[Central Time Zone|central]] time zones meet at the center of Main Street, so an hour separates the two curb lines."  According to the report, when clocks were required to be set back one hour for [[Daylight saving time in the United States|daylight saving time]], Valentine's post office (which was in the central zone) split the difference and turned back its clock by half an hour.<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/11/09/page/3/article/national "News Briefs— National"], ''Chicago Tribune'', November 9, 1967, p2</ref>

Valentine participates in an annual re-mailing program where thousands of pieces of mail flow into the local [[United States Post Office]] so that they can be re-mailed with a special Valentine's Day postmark and verse.<ref>[http://www.heartcity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=69 Valentine Cachet] Valentine municipal website, 2007.  Accessed 11 May 2007.</ref>

In 2007, ''[[National Geographic Adventure Magazine|National Geographic Adventure]]'' magazine included Valentine in its list of the best 100 adventure towns and cities.<ref name=nga>{{cite web|url=http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/weekend-getaways/nebraska/valentine-travel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611004712/http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/weekend-getaways/nebraska/valentine-travel|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2010|work=National Geographic Adventure|access-date=24 January 2011|title=Best Adventure Towns}}</ref>

In the [[Lakota language]], Valentine is known as {{Lang|lkt|Oínažiŋ}} or {{Lang|lkt|Mnináȟaȟa Otȟúŋwahe}}, meaning "station stopping place" or "water and waterfall city".<ref>{{cite book |last=Ullrich |first=Jan F. |title=New Lakota Dictionary |url=http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php |edition=2nd |year=2014 |publisher=Lakota Language Consortium |location=Bloomington, IN |isbn=978-0-9761082-9-0 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018034145/http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>