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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse, with six insets including residences, a store front, The John Gund Brewing Company, and C. & J. Michel Brewing Company. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the Congregational Church. View is from the high school looking down Main Street. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view, looking northeast from the high school. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view, looking east from the high school, of La Crosse. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the La Crosse Wallis Carriage Co., manufacturers of fine family carriages, showing a view of the factory with the Mississippi River in the ba... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the La Crosse National Bank, with an engraved image of the bank building at the top. |
| Pioneer Settler and Indian Trader |
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| Biography of pioneer settle and Indian trader Nathan Myrick, who had a sawmill on the Black River and sold firewood and lumber to Mississippi steamers. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Newspaperman and Author |
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| Learn more about this Wisconsin newspaperman. This article contains links to newspaper clippings and a related article. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Authtor, Attorney, State Senator |
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| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Congressman, Founder of General Mills |
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| Ever wonder why beer is so popular in Wisconsin? Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer. |
| How Industry Transformed the State |
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| Discover how skilled industries like ship building and paper milling transformed Wisconsin history. |
| Date: | 12 02 1885 |
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| Description: | Fringed red silk overlay cover and gold silk ribbon backed menu page, sewn at top, for a "Complimentary Banquet to Hon. Wm. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill) by his ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | This map of La Crosse shows the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, the Southern Minnesota Railroad and the Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad, ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | This map of the southern part of La Crosse is pen on cloth and shows proposed streets crossing the lands of Jane Usher and the Green Bay, Winona and St. Pa... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | This map has relief shown by hachures and includes a list of plats in order of date of record, laws which vacate plats, plats not shown as upon the county ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | This map has relief shown by hachures and features inset maps of a plat of E.D. Clinton and Blackwell’s add’n to the City of La Crosse. Wards (1-10) shaded... |
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