Schley is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, within the

Bowstring State Forest The Bowstring State Forest is a state forest located in Itasca and Cass Counties in Minnesota. It is located entirely within the boundaries of the federally managed Chippewa National Forest, and is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

and the Chippewa National Forest. It is located between Cass Lake and Bena along

U.S. Highway 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, whi ...

near Forest Road 2958.

History

Schley was established as a station on the Great Northern Railway in the summer of 1898, shortly after US Naval Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's Flying Squadron defeated the Spanish Navy in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Schley and the two railroad stations immediately to the west - Santiago and Cuba - commemorate this victory. A post office was established at Schley in 1931, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1968.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cass County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{CassCountyMN-geo-stub