Manhattan Wedding

Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2000 census, its population was 44,831. Manhattan is the county seat of Riley County. A small part of the town also extends into Pottawatomie County.

Nicknamed The Little Apple in 1977 as a play on New York City's "Big Apple," it is most well-known for being the home of Kansas State University. Eight miles (13km) west of the town is Fort Riley, a United States Army post.

Manhattan was settled in April 1855 by the abolitionist Isaac Goodnow [1] and other New England settlers travelling to Kansas Territory under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. It was originally named Boston. The new town incorporated two other small settlements already in the area, named Canton and Polistra. In June 1855 the steamboat Hartford, carrying 75 settlers from Ohio ran aground in the Kansas River near the settlement. The Hartford passengers accepted an invitation to join the new town, but insisted that it be renamed Manhattan, which was done on June 29, 1855. Manhattan was incorporated on May 30, 1857.