The La Crosse River and a marsh that surrounds it is the dividing line between 'North' and 'South' La Crosse. The North Side was a separate village until 1871 when it became part of the city of La Crosse. Sometimes La Crosse is spoken of in terms of North Side and South Side. In 1851, La Crosse County was formed from Crawford County by the state legislature, and La Crosse was chosen as the county seat. Slowly the town site grew from 'six or eight houses' in 1850 to an astonishing population of 745 just three years later, according to an unofficial census taken by Rev. The earliest road to the village was originally a Native American trail from Prairie du Chien along the Mississippi River. La Crosse relied heavily upon water transportation for its contacts with others. While other industries began to spring up in La Crosse to help support agriculture and the lumber industry, the focus of the city continued to be the Mississippi River. The city was chartered by the state legislature in 1856. This early industry quickly gave way to the lumber industry and Yankees and other settlers began to pour into the village. The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, was founded by fur traders in the early 1840s and is located at a point where three rivers meet. This project brings together in an online environment content that is located physically at three separate institutions: the La Crosse Public Library, Murphy Library at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the Wisconsin Historical Society. The date range of this map collection is approximately 1854-1987 and explores the rich history of the area from the days of logging to the post-lock and dam system on the Mississippi River. This group of materials includes maps and atlases of La Crosse County of a variety of types, including plat (rural land ownership), highway, soil, topographic city of La Crosse (Wisconsin) including zoning, parks, and street other La Crosse County municipalities and representative pre- and post-lock and dam charts and maps of the Upper Mississippi River.

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