Village of Neshonoc

Village of Neshonoc (HMFHR)

Location: West Salem, WI 54669 La Crosse County
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N 43° 54.766', W 91° 4.553'

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The nearby limestone grist mill and dam are the remnants of what once was a mid-19th century village located at this site. Vermont millwright and speculator Monroe Palmer purchased fifteen acres of land on the La Crosse River and constructed the dam and mill in 1852. Three years later, Palmer hired a surveyor to plat a village of eighteen blocks and 147 lots, which he called "Neshonoc," after the Ho-Chunk name for this place. Neshonoc was considered for the La Crosse County seat and a La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company station, and soon businesses, a church, a school, and homes sprang up. The forward thinking Palmer and his brother, Dr. Horace Palmer, built two innovative Octagon houses near the river. But in 1858, the railroad bypassed Neshonoc, laying its line closer to the nearby Village of West Salem. Many residents of Neshonoc moved their homes and businesses there, and by the 1890s Neshonoc had almost disappeared from the landscape.
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HM NumberHMFHR
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number349
Year Placed1997
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 10:46am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 654491 N 4863983
Decimal Degrees43.91276667, -91.07588333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 54.766', W 91° 4.553'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 54' 45.96" N, 91° 4' 33.18" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 334-398 Co Hwy C, West Salem WI 54669, US
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