September 22, 2009

The S. T. Hatfield Hotel and Grocery in Manila (Mississippi County) is shown here around 1902, approximately a year after the town’s founding. The town was named in honor of Commodore George Dewey’s Spanish-American War victory at Manila Bay in the Philippines. Today, the town has an additional military connection: It is home to the state’s smallest state park, honoring World War I soldier Herman Davis.