Local History

Originally an Indian village.  Its first white settlement was named Merritt.  When the Pere Marquette Railroad came through its station here was named Manistee Junction and it was given a post in January, 1891.  It was renamed on February 8, 1905, by an admirer of Wagner's opera Die Valkyrie, Walhalla meaning the banquet hall of the gods. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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