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Port-A-Potties are Really Mobile Outhouses

The grass is greener where the outhouse stood (unsubstantiated but perhaps a take-off of a poem by Walt Whitman).
(written by Dr. Les Crocker, UWL Emeritus Professor of Art History) Dedicated to Anita who unwittingly provided the inspiration. The grass is greener where the outhouse stoo… http://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/blog/port-a-potties-are-really-mobile-outhouses/

Neighbors Making History: Ford Sterling, "La Crosse's Movie Star"

In the years just before World War I, Ford Sterling was starting an almost 25-year career that would lead him to appearing in almost 300 Hollywood movies, largely by working for every major Hollywood studio from 1920 to 1930.
 (written by Jeff Rand, retired Adult Services librarian) In the years just before World War I, Ford Sterling, born George Franklin Stich in La Crosse, Wisconsin, was starting … http://archives.lacrosselibrary.org/blog/neighbors-making-history-ford-sterling-la-crosses-movie-star/

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