Talk:Winona, Minnesota

History Citations
I wrote most of the History section, I should be able to re-create citations from my notes...give me some time. I wrote this before citations were common place on wikipedia..... Bhamer (talk) 02:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Winona Ryder
I just looked it up in multiple places and apparently Winona Ryder was born in Winona. 66.44.162.15 18:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Multiple places on the web have it wrong. She was born in Olmsted County. I have seen the birth records myself. Jonathunder 19:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If she wasn't born in or has never lived in Winona, why is she listed as a notable native? Shouldn't this be more of a "trivia" item?--Daveswagon 08:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It is commonly misreported on the Internet that she was born in Winona and often repeated in Winona itself (where I lived for some time). Yes, this is trivial to the city, but if we remove it altogether, someone will come along in short order and add the "fact" that this is her birthplace. If there were a trivia section, or somewhere else in this article were the statement she was named for the city (but not born here) was a better fit, moving it would be fine. Jonathunder 15:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Photos of bluffs
I think this page should have more images of the bluffs and river. These are very important aspects of the city.
 * I agree the article could use more images. I contributed both of the photographs in the article now, and I'll take more next time I'm down there. Jonathunder 17:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * There are several photos in the article now, and I just added one of the bluffs and lake. Kirs10 (talk) 04:23, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Template for a U.S. City
For those who plan on editing and expanding this article, please follow the Template for a U.S. City. Thanks!--Daveswagon 09:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

sugar loaf is not a mountain
In the introduction Sugar Loaf is referred to as a mountain. This cannot be further from the truth. The elevation of the winona airport is 655 ft. The bluff tops, including Sugar Loaf, is approximately 1100 ft; far from the heights of a mountain.

During Winona's early days, Wapasha's Cap, was a limestone mining area. As it was mined, what is now Sugar Loaf emerged. The city fathers encouraged the mine owners to leave Sugar Loaf as a Winona Landmark.

It has been referred to, perhaps in error, as Sugar loaf mountain in Business names, publications, and by the locals, but like many other monuments with the word mountain, it falls short.

IT IS NOT A HILL. Those are between 100-300 ft.

IT IS A MAN-MADE EDIFACE on the nexus of several BLUFF formations.

Island City?
Signs in Winona refer to it as the "island city" and the article mentions that it was an island when settled by non-Native Americans. I've heard that the lake used to be part of the main channel for the Mississippi. It might be an interesting addition to the article to have an account of its transformation from island to non-island. 206.53.197.24 (talk) 22:49, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

People
The Wikipedia article for Mike O'Callaghan says he was born in La Crosse, and doesn't mention Winona at all. What is his association? 206.53.197.24 (talk) 16:52, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion: In the list of people, follow the name with a brief (one line) description of that person's association. 206.53.197.24 (talk) 15:45, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Mike O'Callaghan was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and lived in Sparta, Wisconsin. I can find no verifiable link between him and Winona. GuyThatLovesBacon (talk) 22:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I removed William Windom (actor). His great-grandfather is associated with Winona, but that doesn't seem sufficient to be on this list. SlowJog (talk) 18:21, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

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Railway Bridge
This article currently claims the railway bridge at Winona opened in 1891 and was the second across the Mississippi.

There were at least four railroad bridges open before that date: the 1856 Government Bridge at Davenport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Bridge the 1874 Eads Bridge at St Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eads_Bridge the 1868 Dubuque Railway Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque_Rail_Bridge the 1883 Stone Arch Bridge at Minneapolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis)

I don't see a complete list at the moment, perhaps someone can find one and update this article and others that make similar misleading claims (like the Stone Arch Bridge article). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.128.142.233 (talk) 21:02, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Climate
I remember asking 10 yrs ago why the climate is so anomalously warm. I will look more.... if I find any more info I will fill it in here. The 5F temperature difference between here and Austin, Minnesota is quite a gap and it is warm year round. Only a small part of it is explained by global warming, since modern stats for both towns are available. — Soap — 19:28, 28 July 2018 (UTC)