La Crosse, Wisconsin "La Crosse"
La Crosse City of La Crosse Downtown La Crosse Downtown La Crosse Official seal of La Crosse County La Crosse Airports La Crosse Regional Airport La Crosse is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Wisconsin and the governmental center of county of La Crosse County.
Lying alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the biggest city on Wisconsin's border. The city's estimated populace in 2014 was 52,440. The town/city forms the core of and is the principal town/city in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which contains all of La Crosse County and Houston County, Minnesota, with a combined populace of 135,298. La Crosse is home to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Viterbo University, and Western Technical College.
A county-wide technology and medical hub, La Crosse has received high rankings from some magazines in health, well-being, character of life, and education. Artists representation of La Crosse in 1867.
The first Europeans to see the site of La Crosse were French fur traders who traveled the Mississippi River in the late 17th century.
Pike recorded the location's name as "Prairie La Crosse." The name originated from the game with sticks that resembled a bishop's crozier or la crosse in French, which was played by Native Americans there. The first white settlement at La Crosse occurred in 1841 when Nathan Myrick, a New York native, moved to the village at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin to work in the fur trade.
As a result, he decided to establish a trading post upriver at the then still unsettled site of Prairie La Crosse.
In 1841, he assembled a temporary trading post on Barron Island (now called Pettibone Park), which lies just west of La Crosse's present downtown.
It was near the junction of the Black, La Crosse, and Mississippi Rivers.
In addition, the post was assembled at one of the several points along the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River where a broad plain ideal for evolution existed between the river's bank and the tall bluffs that line the river valley.
A small Mormon improve settled at La Crosse in 1844, building a several dozen cabins a several miles south of Myrick's post.
Although these pioneer relocated away from the Midwest after just a year, the territory they occupied near La Crosse continues to bear the name Mormon Coulee. By 1855, La Crosse had grown in populace to almost 2,000 residents, dominant to its incorporation in 1856.
The town/city interval even more quickly after 1858 with the culmination of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad, the second barns connecting Milwaukee to the Mississippi River.
During the second half of the 19th century, La Crosse interval to turn into one of the biggest cities in Wisconsin. It was a center of the lumber industry, for logs cut in the interior of the state could be rafted down the Black River toward sawmills assembled in the city.
La Crosse also became a center for the brewing trade and other manufacturers that saw advantages in the city's locale contiguous to primary transportation arteries, such as the Mississippi River and the barns between Milwaukee and St.
Around the turn of the 20th century, the town/city also became a center for education, with three universities and universities established in the town/city between 1890 and 1912.
La Crosse remains the biggest city on Wisconsin's border, and the educational establishments in the town/city have recently led it toward becoming a county-wide technology and medical hub.
La Crosse river front La Crosse river front Grandad Bluff in La Crosse La Crosse is positioned on the border of the midsection of Wisconsin, on a broad alluvial plain along the east side of the Mississippi River.
The Black River empties into the Mississippi north of the city, and the La Crosse River flows into the Mississippi just north of the downtown area.
Surrounding the mostly flat prairie valley where La Crosse lies are towering 500 ft bluffs, one of the most prominent of which is Grandad Bluff (mentioned in Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain), which has an overlook of the three states region.
This feature typifies the topography of the Driftless Area in which La Crosse sits.
As a result, the region around La Crosse is incessantly alluded to as the "Coulee Region".
La Crosse's locale in the United States' upper midwest gives the region a temperate, continental climate. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average high temperature is 84.1 F (29 C), with overnight low temperatures averaging 63.2 F (18 C).
Climate data for La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse Regional Airport) La Crosse has 17 voting districts (wards). Neighborhoods in the town/city include: College Park (UW La Crosse ground district) La Crosse is a Democratic stronghold in local, state and nationwide politics.
Both the town/city and county of La Crosse have voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988. In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama won 65% of the town/city of La Crosse and 58% of La Crosse County. In 2014, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ranked La Crosse as one of Wisconsin's top performing Democratic cities. In the United States Congress, Democrat Ron Kind has represented La Crosse as part of Wisconsin's 3rd congressional precinct since 1997.
The town/city is nearly coterminous with the 95th Wisconsin State Assembly District and is represented by Democrat Jill Billings.
Additionally, Democrat Steve Doyle presently represents suburban La Crosse County in the 94th Assembly District.
La Crosse is part of the State Senate District 32 and is represented by Democrat Jennifer Shilling.
La Crosse is the home and current global command posts of a several corporations and organizations, including: Altra Federal Credit Union, La Crosse based credit union servicing eight states athwart the nation Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare, county-wide community care network with flagship ground in La Crosse Gundersen Health System, nonprofit elected health care network with flagship ground in La Crosse La Crosse Technology, atomic clocks and weather stations Corporations established and formerly headquartered in La Crosse include: Cargill, America's now biggest privately held corporation established in La Crosse As of 2012 the 10 biggest employers in La Crosse included: La Crosse County School District of La Crosse University of Wisconsin La Crosse City of La Crosse La Crosse and the encircling communities form a county-wide commercial center and shopping hub.
Other shopping centers in the La Crosse region include Three Rivers Plaza, Marsh View Center, Shelby Mall, Jackson Plaza, Bridgeview Plaza, and the Village Shopping Center.
Downtown La Crosse has experienced momentous growth in recent years, providing shopping, farmers' markets, hotels, restaurants, specialty shops, and affairs at La Crosse Center on the Mississippi River. The La Crosse Center is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena assembled in 1980 in downtown La Crosse on the Mississippi River.
La Crosse's biggest journal is the everyday La Crosse Tribune which serves the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa regions.
The Racquet is the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's no-charge weekly paper.
Coulee Parenting Connection is a periodical serving families in the La Crosse area.
88.9 FM WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio Classic Wisconsin Public Radio 90.3 FM WHLA Wisconsin Public Radio NPR Wisconsin Public Radio Graff Main Hall on the University of Wisconsin La Crosse ground The La Crosse region is served by the School District of La Crosse, with an enrollment of 7,012 pupils in 2009, making it the 16th biggest school precinct in the state.
The precinct has 19 elementary, middle, high and charter schools. La Crosse Central High School and Logan High School are the two enhance high schools serving the La Crosse area.
The La Crosse School District has 631 teachers. Catholic private schools in La Crosse include La Crosse Aquinas Catholic Schools, a Roman Catholic school precinct affiliated with the Diocese of La Crosse, which is centered in the town/city and contains Aquinas High School and Aquinas Middle School. Another Roman Catholic school, the Providence Academy, is autonomous from the precinct and has no affiliation with the Diocese. Lutheran private schools in La Crosse include First Lutheran School, Immanuel Lutheran School and Mt.
Calvary-Grace Lutheran School, which are part of the La Crosse Area Lutheran Schools organization and affiliated with Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
La Crosse is the home of three county-wide universities and universities, the enhance University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Western Technical College, and the Roman Catholic Viterbo University.
The Health Science Center is a combined accomplishment of all the La Crosse medical centers, universities and government agencies to advance pupils in the medical fields. Two primary county-wide community care facilities are positioned in La Crosse: Gundersen Health System and Franciscan Skemp Medical Center, a Mayo Clinic affiliate.
Gundersen Health System is a nationally ranked community care fitness positioned in La Crosse that is also an ACS nationally certified Level II Trauma Center.
With its chief campus positioned in La Crosse, the fitness also manages 23 locations throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa with almost 6,000 employees. In 2014, Gundersen Health received the Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals designation, placing the fitness among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide. The Health Science Center, positioned on the University of Wisconsin La Crosse campus, is a combined accomplishment of both medical centers, UW La Crosse, Viterbo University, Western College, the School District of La Crosse, and various government educational groups.
La Crosse's tap drinking water, which is raised from a deep underground Artesian aquifer, won the best natural tasting water award in September 2007 in a statewide tasting competition hosted by the Wisconsin Water Association.
La Crosse's drinking water is pumped from deep ground wells to a distribution center and is treated with chlorine and fluoride; some wells are also treated with polyphosphate.
Bridges, which both cross the Mississippi River, from Riverside Park in Downtown La Crosse.
The La Crosse Regional Airport provides direct scheduled traveler service to Minneapolis, Detroit, and Chicago through Delta Air Lines link Endeavor Air, as well as American Airlines link Envoy Air.
The airport also serves general aviation for the La Crosse region. In 2012, the City of La Crosse was the first town/city in Wisconsin to pass a Green Complete Streets ordinance.
Highway 61, Wisconsin State Highway 35, Wisconsin State Highway 16, Wisconsin State Highway 33.
The City of La Crosse's MTU bus service with routes reaching out to the suburbs served over one million users in 2007. La Crosse transit map bridge and the newer Cameron Street bridge (photo with blue arch) both connect downtown La Crosse with La Crescent, Minnesota.
These two bridges cross the Mississippi River, as does the Interstate 90 bridge positioned just northwest of La Crosse, connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Amtrak station in La Crosse, Wisconsin Railroad tracks owned by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) pass through La Crosse providing freight service.
The former Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad/Milwaukee Road/Soo Line and now Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the town/city as well.
It provides the track on which the La Crosse Amtrak station is located, and is a stop for the Empire Builder providing cross-country traveler rail service.
La Crosse has over 30 active arts organizations. The Pump House Regional Arts Center hosts visual arts exhibits throughout the year plus its own series of jazz, folk, and blues performers.
The La Crosse Symphony is the city's county-wide orchestra and the La Crosse Community Theater has won both county-wide and nationwide acclaim. The town/city is home to the Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International member corps.
Other arts sites include Viterbo University Fine Arts building, UW La Crosse Art Gallery and Theater, and the La Crosse Center, which hosts nationwide performers. Local sculptor Elmer Petersen has created sculptures that are exhibited throughout the downtown area, including La Crosse Players and the Eagle in Riverside Park. La Crosse has many bars and eveningclubs in the downtown central company district, as well as many neighborhood bars and grills. La Crosse Oktoberfest La Crosse Riverfest Historic Downtown La Crosse Days La Crosse Labor Day Parade and Celebration La Crosse Storytelling Festival A Simpler Time Statue and Riverside Park (La Crosse) levee.
A Simpler Time Statue in Riverside Park (La Crosse) at sunset.
Riverside Park is situated on the riverfront of downtown La Crosse near the Blue Bridges and athwart the river from Pettibone Park.
The steamboats American Queen, La Crosse Queen, and Julia Belle Swain make stops along the river in the park.
Buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects in La Crosse listed on the National Register of Historic Places Christ Church of La Crosse La Crosse Commercial Historic District Main Hall/La Crosse State Normal School Physical Education Building/La Crosse State Normal School La Crosse is the episcopal see for the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse.
Rose of Viterbo Convent, the mother home of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration is in La Crosse.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is in La Crosse.
Commissioned by Cardinal Raymond Burke while he was Bishop of La Crosse, it was designed by architect Duncan Stroik.
The La Crosse Area ELCA Synod contains 43,600 members from 81 congregations in 10 counties in Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. Christ Church of La Crosse is the city's Episcopal church.
The Congregation Sons of Abraham is in La Crosse.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse has held services since 1951. The La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League, play at their home field at Copeland Park on the north side of La Crosse in the summer months. In the past, La Crosse has been home to the Catbirds and the Bobcats of the CBA, as well as the River Rats of the IFL, the Spartans of the IFL and the Night Train of the NIFL.
La Crosse is also home to the NCAA Division III University of Wisconsin La Crosse (UW L) Eagles.
La Crosse, the areas only ski hill which opened in 1959 provides eighteen slopes and trails in the winter months.
The La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, positioned in close-by West Salem, is the first and only paved NASCAR-sanctioned asphalt stock car racing track in Wisconsin. Hunting and fishing are very prominent all seasons of the year, and the Mississippi and other rivers, sloughs, creeks, lakes, the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, and hilltops and valleys with enhance woodlands are available to sportsmen and families.
2006 Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked La Crosse 16th "Smartest Place to Live in U.S. 2007 Country Home periodical ranked La Crosse 12th Best Green City in America and second among small cities, behind Corvallis, Ore. News ranked La Crosse one of the 10 best places to live in the country. 2009 Farmers Insurance Group ranked La Crosse Winona, Minnesota region the 20th most secure place to live in the United States among small towns. 2015 247wallst.com titled La Crosse the 15th Coldest City in the Nation 2016 - 247wallst.com titled La Crosse the 6th Drunkest City in America La Crosse has sister town/city relationships with six foreign suburbs and cities: La Crosse region airways broadcasts La Crosse region tv stations Pettibone Park (La Crosse) La Crosse river front La Crosse river front Wisconsin Historical Society.
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