Editing Wishek, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Wishek was [[plat]]ted in 1898 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=North Dakota Magazine: The State's Resources- - Agricultural, Industrial, & Commercial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uexYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA34|year=1906|publisher=Agricultural Department|page=34|archive-date=February 19, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219084525/https://books.google.com/books?id=uexYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA34|url-status=live}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Wishek since 1898.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=McIntosh | title=McIntosh County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=October 22, 2015 | archive-date=January 21, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121203743/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=McIntosh | url-status=live }}</ref> The city was named in honor of John H. Wishek Sr., a local cattleman.<ref>{{cite book|last=Olstad|first=Geneva Roth|title=Main Street, North Dakota in Vintage Postcards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWDsf7O8EvMC&pg=PA121|year=2000|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-0726-2|page=121|archive-date=February 19, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219141603/https://books.google.com/books?id=qWDsf7O8EvMC&pg=PA121|url-status=live}}</ref> Wishek was originally built up chiefly by [[Germans from Russia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCGVnMUdNqMC&pg=PA286|year=1938|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-62376-033-5|page=286}}</ref> The [[Old Wishek City Hall]] was built in 1916.