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A pair of one-story Prairie Style bungalows, nearly mirror images, designed by Percy Bentley of La Crosse and built in 1913 [50] for friends Chase and Wohlhuter. Chase was a dentist and Wohlhuter managed the La Crosse Theater. [51] 19: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger Depot: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger ...
The Black River is a river in west-central Wisconsin and a tributary of the Mississippi River.The river is approximately 190 miles (310 km) long. [3] During the 19th century, pine logs were rafted down the Black, heading for sawmills at La Crosse and points beyond.
La Crosse (/ l ə ˈ k r ɒ s / ⓘ lə-KROSS) [6] is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. [7] La Crosse's population was 52,680 as of the 2020 census. [2]
Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries.Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.
In the midst of the Panic of 1873, he was selected as president of the First National Bank of La Crosse. He went on to help found the La Crosse Gas Light Company and was the president of the company until it was sold to the Electric Light Company in 1885. He also ran a number of water-powered mills in the vicinity of La Crosse, and owned a ...
The La Crosse Commercial Historic District is located in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. It includes over ninety contributing structures, mostly 2-3 story commercial brick buildings constructed from the 1860s to the 1940s. The district is roughly bounded by Jay Street, Second Street South, State Street, and Fifth Avenue South. [2]
The bluff was to be sold for large-scale quarrying, however the La Crosse residents were outraged by the plans. To save the bluff from ruin, Ellen Hixon and her son Joseph, a prominent La Crosse family, purchased the land in 1909. The family held the property in trust until 1912 when the land was donated as a park to the city of La Crosse.
The Gideon C. Hixon House is a historic residence built in 1859 and located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.The house was built for Gideon Hixon, a partner in a lumber business.. Hixon would later become a founder and president of the La Cross National Bank and would serve in the state legislat