Editing Mankato, Minnesota (section)

==In popular culture==
The protagonist of [[Sinclair Lewis]]'s 1920 novel ''[[Main Street (novel)|Main Street]]'', Carol Milford, is a former Mankato resident. Lewis describes Mankato as follows: "In its garden-sheltered streets and aisles of elms is white and green New England reborn", alluding to its many migrants from New England, who brought their culture with them. Lewis wrote a substantial portion of the novel while staying at the J.W. Schmidt House at 315 South Broad Street, as now marked by a small plaque in front of the building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitgreatermankato.com/visitors-attractions-hist.php |title=Historical Attractions |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714062942/http://www.visitgreatermankato.com/visitors-attractions-hist.php |archive-date=July 14, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref>

In 1996, Don Descy created city-mankato.us as a teaching tool and example that not everything on the Internet should be believed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dyslin |first=Amanda |title=Parody Web site fools two into visiting Mankato |url=https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/parody-web-site-fools-two-into-visiting-mankato/article_9865ee98-4068-5740-857a-32b10ae261da.html |access-date=April 20, 2021 |website=Mankato Free Press |date=August 21, 2007 |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Tina |date=March 4, 1999 |title=Whales in the Minnesota River |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/04/technology/whales-in-the-minnesota-river.html |access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US }}</ref>