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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
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...
Postcard

La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac...
Photograph

Man Cleaning Snow from Railroad Tracks

Date: 1978
Description: A railroad worker cleans snow out of a railroad track switch with a broom. He is dressed warmly with a hard hat.
Postcard

Cameron House and C. M. & St. P. Passenger Station

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Cameron House hotel and the railroad platform. Caption reads: "Cameron House and C. M. & St. P. Passenger Station, La Crosse, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
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, ...
Photograph

J.J. Hogan Wholesales

Date: 1900
Description: View down railroad tracks, with the Mississippi River on the left, and on the right the J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company.
Postcard

C., M. & St. P. R. R. Depot

Date: 1905
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad depot. Caption reads: "C., M. & St. P. R. R. Depot, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

La Crosse Hotel

Date: 
Description: Two Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad passenger cars parked near the Cameron House and the depot.
Property Record

ST CLOUD ST

Community: La Crosse
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 33455
Photograph

J.J. Hogan Wholesale Co.

Date: 1900
Description: J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company on the Mississippi River.
Postcard

Cameron House

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Cameron House, the railroad depot and hotel. A group of people are standing on the sidewalk near the entrance. Caption reads...
Postcard

U.S. 14 & 61

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a two-lane Interstate highway along railroad tracks. Two automobiles are moving down the road in the right lane, heading towa...
Property Record

1607 NORTH ST

Community: La Crosse
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: Burlington Railroad Clubhouse
Reference Number: 33356
Photograph

Grandad Bluff, near La Crosse

Date: 1946
Description: View of a wooded hill. Two small buildings, a fence, and railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grandad Bluff, near La Crosse, Wis. This bl...
Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
National or State Registers Record

601 Saint Andrew Rd.

Community: La Crosse
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger Depot
Reference Number: 97001512
Photograph

Sidewheel Packet in Harbor

Date: 1873
Description: The harbor, showing the sidewheel packet, "Belle of La Crosse," and the sidewheel ferry "Alex McGregor." Other boats are also seen including two barges loa...
Historical Essay

Birth of Wisconsin's Railroads

Drawing the Line from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan
Discover how businessmen and the legislature cooperated to create Wisconsin's first railroad.
Photograph

Boats and Barges On the Mississippi

Date: 1943
Description: View across railroad tracks along the shorline of the Mississippi River towards the stern wheeled steamboat General Allen towing barges upriver at L...
Map or Atlas

Map of Proposed Bridge at La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: A map that covers parts of Winona and Houston Counties, Minnesota and La Crosse County, Wisconsin, showing the proposed railroad routes, constructed rail l...

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