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La Crosse Nears Sixty Fifth Birthday as City
La Crosse remains the oldest municipality in western Wisconsin and will mark its sixty fifth birthday next April. The article traces the citys founding, early visits by explorers and military figures, and notes the 1856 charter creating wards and offices. It highlights Thomas B. Stoddard as the first mayor and recounts the citys development toward becoming a gateway in the region.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Hall Courney
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Mike
Sipph
Stephen WH. Long
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Martin Scott
Ugeity
Acini
Sibley
Doysman
Lennevis
Quayrveyet
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Komallee
Menreta
Washington
Sibley Wax Frog
William Efull
Mule Street
Tee Pascal Larcosse
Myrick
Nath Amtperek
Isirie di Chieti
Uy Main
Ga Crosse Bowe
Feavitie
Miller
J. MT. Levy
Olly Burns
Uetonel Stoddard
Madison
Dannany
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Cael
Dheelig
Theemit
Oo Phieems
Heth
Polien Jystics
Marshal Anek Eit
Common
Thomas B. Stoddard
Canandaigua
Red Jacket
Stoddard
New York City
Columbia College
Yale
Aaron Burr
Kent
Spencer
Slag Wright
DeWitt Clinton
Jackson
van Buren
Polk