Editing Lewiston, Minnesota (section)

==History==
A post office called Lewiston has been in operation since 1872.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Winona | title=Winona County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> The city was named for Jonathan Smith Lewis, a pioneer settler.<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=PA94|year=1908|page=94}}</ref> Lewiston was incorporated in 1873.<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/n599 582]}}</ref> Lewiston - the first stop on the Winona-Rochester stagecoach line - was an important source of support for those travelers.<ref name=WPA>{{cite book |author=<!--The Federal Writer's Project--> |orig-date=1938|date=1985 |title=WPA Guide to Minnesota |url= |publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|location=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] |pages=397 |isbn=0873517121}}</ref>