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Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes and errata
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains city charter only; no ordinances or indexes
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes and errata
Published by order of the Common Council
Published by order of the Common Council
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes and errata
Published by order of the Common Council
Published by order of the Common Council
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains indexes
Published by direction and authority of the Common Council of the city of La Crosse
Published by direction and authority of the Common Council of the city of La Crosse
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index of ordinances 520-778
Published during the administration of Hon. Joseph J. Verchota, Mayor
Includes reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to April 19, 1927
Published during the administration of Hon. Joseph J. Verchota, Mayor
Includes reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to April 19, 1927
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index of ordinances 520-835
Published during the second administration of Hon. Joseph J. Verchota, Mayor
Includes reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to May 15, 1929
Published during the second administration of Hon. Joseph J. Verchota, Mayor
Includes reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to May 15, 1929
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index of ordinances 520-881
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to May 15, 1929
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 748 relating to traffic with amendments to May 15, 1929
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index of ordinances 520-940
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 896 relating to traffic, and Ordinance No. 846 relating to zoning regulations with amendments to July 31, 1931
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 896 relating to traffic, and Ordinance No. 846 relating to zoning regulations with amendments to July 31, 1931
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains index of ordinances 520-976
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 896 relating to traffic, and Ordinance No. 846 relating to zoning regulations with amendments to September 12, 1933
Including reprint of Ordinance No. 896 relating to traffic, and Ordinance No. 846 relating to zoning regulations with amendments to September 12, 1933
Creator:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Description:
Contains some fold-out maps
Loose-leaf format
Does not contain city charter
Contains additions and corrections through circa 1954
Loose-leaf format
Does not contain city charter
Contains additions and corrections through circa 1954
Author:
Business and Economic History On-Line
Creator:
Morser, Eric J.
Description:
An article by Eric J. Morser, then visiting professor of history at the University of New Mexico, that appeared in the Business and Economic History On-Line, volume 3, 2005. The La Crosse municipal government in the later part of the nineteenth-century forced a wealthy and influential Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad line to reconsider its practices and to act in the public interest.
Author:
La Crosse Public Library
Creator:
La Crosse Tribune
Description:
A collection of newspaper articles about annexation.
History of the Issue:
The Town of Campbell was created at the time La Crosse County was organized in 1851. Campbell lost land mass when dams were constructed on the Mississippi River in the 1930s. By 1954, the Town of Campbell had been split in two by the southern growth of the city of Onalaska and the northern growth of the city of La Crosse. As a result, the town of Medary was formed west of Oak St., leaving the borders of the Town of Campbell largely to French Island and its environs.
About These Materials This grouping of articles highlights the ongoing discussion between the Town of Campbell and the City of La Crosse regarding annexation, boundaries, efforts to cooperate, and public services such as water. Since 1983, the city has tried to actively encourage Campbell residents to annex to the city. A court decision in 2002 over annexation led to a split: the city of La Crosse gained some properties on Hiawatha Island, a small island east of French Island, while ruling that annexation into French Island itself was invalid. Also, several moves to incorporate as a village began as early as 1966, with the most recent effort as late as 2002.
About These Materials This grouping of articles highlights the ongoing discussion between the Town of Campbell and the City of La Crosse regarding annexation, boundaries, efforts to cooperate, and public services such as water. Since 1983, the city has tried to actively encourage Campbell residents to annex to the city. A court decision in 2002 over annexation led to a split: the city of La Crosse gained some properties on Hiawatha Island, a small island east of French Island, while ruling that annexation into French Island itself was invalid. Also, several moves to incorporate as a village began as early as 1966, with the most recent effort as late as 2002.
Author:
City of La Crosse (Wis.)
Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
Edwin Dohlby begins this interview discussing his genealogy, family life, and relationship with his mostly absent father. His mother was a midwife and he left school early to work various jobs to support his family (butchering, grocery, auto parts factory). He touches on many social and cultural topics in La Crosse history, including but not limited to: North Side and South Side, taverns and beer, recreation, area rivers, La Crosse Rubber Mills, Auto-Lite, Red-light District, the railroad industry, Prohibition, La Crosse Rubber Mills, dance halls and theaters, dating, local politics and business, anti-German discrimination, Wisconsin Progressive Movement and Robert LaFollette, the Great Depression, and the La Crosse River Marsh.
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Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
John P. Gilbertson begins his interview by discussing his Norwegian family history. His interview largely focuses on La Crosse social life and recreation, as well as his career as a letter carrier. Topics include but are not limited to: saw mills, railroads, Coon Valley, family working-class occupations, the Great Depression, history of the La Crosse Post Office, steamboats, La Crosse Inter-State Fair, farm technology, newspaper and press industry, education in La Crosse, Wisconsin Business University, the circus, segregation from Ho-Chunk community and community racism, Bartl Brewery, anti-Black racism and interracial marriage, river and lumber industries, Goosetown, gambling houses and City policies, anti-German discrimination, WWI, automobiles, federal government, development of the La Crosse Normal School (now UW-L), Hoeschler family, medical history, Adolf Gundersen, early Ho-Chunk community members, early Black American community members, La Crosse Historical Society, Nathan Myrick, local politics, Wisconsin Progressive Movement, corruption in La Crosse Police Department, personal sentiments towards communities with different identities than his own (Indigenous, Black American, and Jewish).
Note: This interview has sections of poor audio quality.
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Note: This interview has sections of poor audio quality.
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Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
Terrance Collins (b. 1947) interview largely focuses on his family, early childhood in La Crosse's North Side neighborhood, his local education (Aquinas, Central, and UWL), and his career as a lawyer. Topics include but are not limited to: North Side neighborhood, Heritage Preservation Commission, Stoddard Hotel, North Side Depot, Catholicism, military service (Air Force), UW-La Crosse, professors, Vietnam War, protests, counter culture, drugs, Wisconsin and La Crosse politics, law firm (Cillins, Quillin, and Knofe)
00:00:00 -- Education, political science
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Author:
American Lithographing & Printing Company
Creator:
Wilkinson, Harry
Author:
United States. Government Printing Office
Creator:
King, William Rice, 1839-1898
Description:
Contents: Round Lake -- Richmond Island -- Pigeon Island -- Bullett Chute -- Black River -- Gibbs Flat -- Brice Prairie -- Goose Lake -- Sommers Chute -- Lake Onalaska -- Rosebud Island -- Proudfoot Slough -- Millers Slough -- Bell Island -- Dresbach Island -- French Island -- La Crosse Airport -- Onalaska -- Lock and Dam no.7 -- Spillway -- Round Lake -- Minnesota Island -- Black River -- La Crescent -- La Crosse River -- Barron Island -- Blue Lake Pine Creek -- Target Lake -- Isle La Plume.
Caption title; Report written by W.R. King, Lieut. Col., Corps of Engineers.; "January 22, 1897." Series: House document (United States. Congress (54th, 2nd session : 1895-1896). House) ; no. 210.
Letters to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives reporting on a survey of the Mississippi River along the La Crosse waterfront including a proposal to build several dams and dredging to improve the harbor.
Caption title; Report written by W.R. King, Lieut. Col., Corps of Engineers.; "January 22, 1897." Series: House document (United States. Congress (54th, 2nd session : 1895-1896). House) ; no. 210.
Letters to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives reporting on a survey of the Mississippi River along the La Crosse waterfront including a proposal to build several dams and dredging to improve the harbor.
Creator:
James O. Holmlund
Description:
Prepared for the dedication of the new building completed in 1978
Contains, "The U. S. mail service at La Crosse: 13 years of challenge and progress" by James O. Holmlund