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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KUP_sidewheel-riverboat-war-eagle_La-Crosse-WI.html
Type: Wooden sidewheel riverboat
Built: 1854, Fulton, Ohio
Sank: May 14, 1870
Length: 219' Beam: 29'
Cargoes: Mail, package freight, passengers, troops
Propulsion: Paddlewheel
Depth of Wreckage: 10'
Determined Eligible for National Register…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOUM_our-lady-of-sorrows-chapel_La-Crosse-WI.html
This propertyOur Lady of SorrowsChapelhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
Historic SiteCity of La CrosseChapel ofBlessed Virginof Seven Dolors1891
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB2_the-coulee-region_La-Crosse-WI.html
Coulee is a term derived from the French verb "couler," meaning to flow. The area before you and in the entire coulee region of west central Wisconsin has been dissected by water erosion into a series of narrow ridges separated by steep-sided vall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ73_history-of-flagpole_La-Crosse-WI.html
In February 1941, during World War II, the Reserve Officers Association organized the population of the La Crosse area to erect a flagpole high atop Grandad Bluff - 600 feet above the city. Children in all public and parochial schools, as well as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDZ_original-home-built-by-gottlieb-and-johanna-heileman_La-Crosse-WI.html
This is the original Heileman family mansion. It was built on land purchased by Gottlieb Heileman in 1870.
As was the custom of the day, Heileman located the new home as closely as possible to the Brewery which he had founded.
The German cra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMASV_first-complete-service-of-christian-divine-worship_La-Crosse-WI.html
This bluff (commonly called "Grandad Bluff") was the site of the first complete service of Christian Divine Worship to be conducted in La Crosse. The Reverend Father James Lloyd Breck and his company of pioneer missionaries, on the morning of June…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQI_losey-memorial_La-Crosse-WI.html
He found this cemetery neglected and desolate. He transformed it into a place of charm and beauty. He made the wilderness to blossom as the rose.
To commemorate the character and virtues of one who endeared himself to all by an unbroken record …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DS_spence-park_La-Crosse-WI.html
Because of the fertile soil and lush woodlands on the river shores, the Winnebago Indians settled in this area in 1772. Sixty years later they ceded these lands to the U.S. Government. In 1842, Nathan Myrick, the first white settler in La Crosse, …