Editing Windom, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Windom was platted on June 20, 1871, by A.L. Beach, an engineer for the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windom-mn.com/economic-development-authority/overview-history/|title=About Windom: Overview & History|publisher=City of Windom|access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Hospital history">{{cite web|url=http://www.windomareahospital.com/WINDOMAREAHOSPITAL/myarticles.asp?P=49574&S=115&PubID=4950|title=Hospital History|publisher=Windom Area Hospital|access-date=June 4, 2010}}</ref> Twelve lots were created and sold for $100 on the first day.<ref name="lakesnwoods">{{cite web | url=http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Windom.htm | title=Windom Minnesota Community Guide | publisher=LakesnWoods | access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> It was incorporated as a village in 1875 and reincorporated on September 9, 1884.<ref name="lakesnwoods" /> Judson W. Bishop named the city after [[William Windom (politician)|William Windom]], who served as a [[United States senator]] from Minnesota from 1881 to 1883 and was [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under Presidents [[James Garfield]], [[Chester Arthur]] and [[Benjamin Harrison]].<ref name="lakesnwoods" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21559|title=Profile for Windom, Minnesota|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 29, 2010}}</ref>