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Riverside Park is a public park located on the riverfront of downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. It hosts events such as Riverfest, Fourth of July fireworks, Oktoberfest, Moon Tunes, and the Rotary Lights. The steamboats American Queen, La Crosse Queen, and Julia Belle Swain make stops along the river in the park. The park has walking/running trails.
The park is located across the Mississippi River from the city's downtown riverfront. Its facilities include walking trails, fishing docks, a beach, and a disc golf course. The park is named after Albert Wells Pettibone (1827–1915), a former mayor of the city of La Crosse who privately funded the creation of the park.
Both the city and county of La Crosse have voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988. [73] In the 2016 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton won the City of La Crosse with 58% of the vote. [74] In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama won 65% of the vote in the City of La Crosse [75] and 58% of La Crosse County. [76]
La Crosse County; Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im La Crosse County; Usage on eo.wikipedia.org Kantono La Crosse; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Condado de La Crosse; Categoría:Condado de La Crosse; Usage on et.wikipedia.org Wisconsini maakondade loend; Usage on eu.wikipedia.org La Crosse konderria (Wisconsin)
The bluff was to be sold for large-scale quarrying, however the La Crosse residents were outraged by the plans. To save the bluff from ruin, Ellen Hixon and her son Joseph, a prominent La Crosse family, purchased the land in 1909. The family held the property in trust until 1912 when the land was donated as a park to the city of La Crosse.
The route replaced the old versions of WIS 11, from La Crosse to Madison, WIS 13 from Madison to Evansville, WIS 92 into Janesville, and WIS 20 and WIS 89 from Janesville to Illinois. The older WIS 14 was in existence when US 14 was opened, that was redesignated as WIS 81 and WIS 15 (the latter being the present-day I-43).
Remnant of the commercial downtown of the village of North La Crosse, [31] including the 1883 Italianate-style Apsey Block, [32] the 1888 Italianate Wannebo Grocery, [33] the 1891 Italianate Willing Dry Goods store, [34] the 1895 Queen Anne-style Horner Block (later used by an undertaker), [35] and the 1920 Neoclassical-style Riviera Theatre.
The route was first written into law in from La Crosse to Oshkosh. [9] The highway passed through Sparta, but through the south side of Tomah and New Lisbon before turning north to Necedah. After crossing the Wisconsin River, WIS 21 followed WIS 13 into Adams and Friendship. Both highways followed a different right-of-way at the time.