X-Nico

unusual facts about Crosse


Pemmican War

On March 16th, NWC’s Samuel Black seizes the HBC’s Île-à-la-Crosse post in Athabasca and Green Lake post for the second time on the 20th.


Alexander Platt

He is the Music Director for Maverick Concerts, the Wisconsin Philharmonic, the Marion Indiana Philharmonic, The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra.

Armistice Day Blizzard

Casualties were lessened by the efforts of Max Conrad, a pioneering light plane pilot and one of his students (John R. Bean) both based in Winona, Minnesota, 25 miles upriver from La Crosse.

Charles Dierkop

Dierkop was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse.

Chipewyan people

Birch Narrows First Nation (K'ı́t'ádhı̨ká ) located at Turnor Lake, most populous Reserve #193B about 124 km northeast of Île-à-la-Crosse, the reserve originated from Treaty 6 in 1906, Reserves: Churchill Lake #193A, Turnor Lake #193B, #194, ca.

Clément Chartier

Clément Chartier LL.B, QC (born 1946 in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan) is a Métis Canadian leader.

Gundersen

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, a tertiary healthcare facility in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Hercules Crosse Jarvis

Coming from an intensely military family, the 14 year old Hercules Crosse was offered a commission in the army by his relative the Admiral of St Vincent, but he had other plans and turned the offer down.

History of lacrosse

He named the region "Prairie La Crosse", which in turn inspired the name of both the Wisconsin county and its principal city in that region.

Interstate 90 in Minnesota

Three lanes each way have been constructed on I-90 between its two junctions with U.S. Highway 61 at the communities of Dresbach and Dakota to facilitate commuter traffic between La Crosse and Winona.

Jennifer Shilling

She graduated from the Bowhay Institute on Legislative Leadership Development and the Citizen's Police Academy in La Crosse.

Jim Temp

Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Temp attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse.

La Crosse, Kansas

La Crosse was founded in 1876, named after either the sport or La Crosse, Wisconsin, the hometown of a local newspaper editor.

Manor House, 21 Soho Square

In 1838 the house was acquired by Edmund Crosse and Thomas Blackwell of the condiment firm Crosse & Blackwell.

Martha Carson

After signing with the William Morris Agency in 1957, Carson and Crosse became full-time residents of New York, and she gained national exposure by appearing on The Steve Allen Show.

Mississippi Valley Broadcasters

Mississippi Valley Broadcasters, LLC, known locally as the "La Crosse Radio Group", is the owner and operator of five radio stations in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Necedah Shrine

After an investigation failed to support the validity of the apparitions, in 1951 John P. Treacy, Bishop of La Crosse, told the Van Hoofs to remove religious artifacts from their farm and stop circulating literature about the apparitions.

WHLA

WHLA-TV, a television station at channel 31 located in La Crosse, Wisconsin that is a member of the Wisconsin Public Television Network

William A. Thompson

In 1896 he moved to La Crosse, and was appointed the Assistant Engineer in charge of the improvements on the Mississippi River from Winona, Minnesota to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

WIZM

WIZM-FM, a radio station (93.3 FM) licensed to La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

WLAX

Owned by Grant Broadcasting System II, it has studios at Interchange Place in La Crosse at the intersection of I-90/US 53/WIS 35 and Rose Street (hence the street address name).

WRLS

Winding Rivers Library System, a public library system based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States


see also