La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Railroads, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Railroads
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Summary Information
Title: La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Railroads, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Railroads
Date: 1858-1932

Creator:
  • La Crosse (Wis.). Committee on Railroads.
Unique Identifier: La Crosse Series 032

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet

Physical Description: 4 archives boxes

Repository:
La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:
La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Railroads to the Common Council, 1858-1932. The materials are divided into Railroad Lines and Streetcar Lines; therein, arrangement is chronological. The railroad lines best represented in the series are Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1872-1931; Green Bay lines (i.e. Green Bay & Minnesota; Green Bay & Western), 1873-1932; and La Crosse & Southeastern, 1883-1920.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-lacrosseseries032
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OCLC Number

46306050

Acquisitions Information

(Accession no. 1996.004) Resolutions were located in the City Clerk’s basement area of City Hall; came to the Archives as part of the Mayor’s Special Committee on Historic Records, Dec. 1996

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Railroads, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Railroads, La Crosse Series 032, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processing Information

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering with assistance from Jaime Dechant, January 1999

Scope and Contents

Common Council resolutions and reports began to be organized by a numbering system in Dec. 1932. Before that time the resolutions were kept folded up in chronological order, roughly by subject or Council committee (such as Parks, Judiciary, Fire, Police, etc.). This set of pre-1932 resolutions represents those labeled as Railroads, and date from 1858-1932.

The original order of these reports was not maintained, and the collection has been divided up into resolutions dealing with Railroad Lines from 1858-1932 and those dealing with Streetcar Lines, 1868-1920. Within the railroad section, the resolutions are further categorized by railroad name found on the resolution, therein chronologically. Streetcar resolutions are organized chronologically. Undated resolutions are filed at the front of each category.

The railroads best represented in the series are Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1872-1931; Green Bay lines (i.e. Green Bay & Minnesota; Green Bay & Western), 1873-1932; and La Crosse & Southeastern, 1883-1920.

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(385.0977 G762 1992)
Grand Crossings: Railroading and People in La Crosse, WI edited by Joseph Follmar
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Streets and Alleys, Resolutions Relating to Streets and Alleys
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Subject Terms
  • La Crosse (Wis.). Common Council.
  • Cable cars (Streetcars)--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Municipal government--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Public records--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Railroads--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Street-railroads--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Transportation--Wisconsin--La Crosse
Contents List
Railroad Lines
Box 1
  Folder 1-3
General, 1860-1932
Box 1
  Folder 4-5
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932
Box 2
  Folder 1
Chicago, Burlington & Northern, 1886-1900
Box 2
  Folder 2-3
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1872-1931
Box 2
  Folder 4
Chicago & Northwestern, 1871-1930
Box 2
  Folder 5
Great Northern/Northern Pacific, 1927
Box 2
  Folder 6
Green Bay lines, 1873-1932
Box 2
  Folder 7
La Crosse & Black River, 1903
Box 2
  Folder 8
La Crosse & Milwaukee, 1858
Box 2
  Folder 9
La Crosse & Prairie du Chien, 1866
Box 2
  Folder 10
La Crosse & Southeastern, 1883-1920
Box 2
  Folder 11
La Crosse Transit Railroad Company, 1873
Box 2
  Folder 12
La Crosse, Viroqua & Mineral Point, 1867-1977
Box 3
  Folder 1
Milwaukee Railroad, 1926
Box 3
  Folder 2
Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1870-1886
Box 3
  Folder 3
Private rail spurs, 1888-1890
Box 3
  Folder 4
Southern Minnesota, 1865-1873
Box 3
  Folder 5
Winona, Alma & Northern 1884
Box 3
  Folder 6-7
Box 4
Streetcar Lines, 1868-1921