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Floods and Storm Damage Hit La Crosse Area 1947
Weather and flood report details storms South of Sparta and Farmers Valley causing extensive crop and fence damage. Bank overflows flood East La Crosse areas while roads washed out and power outages affect Hokah Ettrick and surrounding farms. Rescue efforts continue as residents reassemble after crest around 2 am Sunday.
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Page Crosse
Mississippi
Kickapoo
la Crosse Telephone Corporation
Genoa
Minnesota
Root River
Hokah
Ence
Farmers Valley
Sparta
la Crosse
Ettrick
Erickson Brothers
Walter Wall
Joel Henderson
Galesville
Roshford
Minn
Vernon Carlson
Rushford
Robert Evenson
Evenson
North Western Railroad
Hickory Hill
Walter Daehn
Elroy
Adams
Wyeville
Harold Hovland
Nto
Walrath Street
Hovland
Aid McFall
Bowt
Farmers Valley School
Pat Carr
Hugh Nichols
Anny
Northern Gates Power Company
Monroe County Telephone Company
Meuses Comm Highway Department
Police Department
Ernest Sanders
East Avenue
Bjarne Wolding
Cross
Camp McCoy
Mason City
la Crosse River
Kiwanis Club