Summary Information

Title: La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Wharves, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Wharves
Date: 1860-1932

Creator:

• La Crosse (Wis.). Committee on Wharves.

Unique Identifier: La Crosse Series 035

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet

Physical Description: 1 archives box

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Wharves to the Common Council, 1860-1932. The documents are categorized into subject subseries, mostly dealing with the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin, such as: general wharf/harbor issues (1873-1916); proposed barge river terminal (1914-1926); docks or public landings (1860-1907); dredge issues (1919-1932); ferry service (1874-1890); dams & dykes (1894; 1921-1922); the Inland Waterways Act and the position of the City of La Crosse as a result of its participation in the Upper Mississippi [River] Valley Conference in 1928; and the opposition to a proposed nine-foot channel project (1929-1932) which included building two dams in the Winneshiek Refuge, part of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, in Iowa. Other resolutions deal with other bodies of water; namely, the Black (1912-1927) and La Crosse (1883; 1891) rivers.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-lacrosseseries035