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Looking Back (2020)

Posted by Scott on November 17, 2020

Archives staff/volunteers/guest historians put together a lot of great blog posts in 2020; please take a moment to check out these local history topics and digital resources available to you from home by clicking on the blog titles or photos.


Digital Resources

  • 11 La Crosse History & Genealogy Resources You Can Use from Home
  • How Does COVID-19 Affect You?
  • Tracking Down Tribune Articles -- Virtually
  • LPL Archives' Hidden Treasures: Using La Crosse History Unbound
  • Explore the Layered History of La Crosse

 

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Built Environment

  • City Heat: A Forgotten Utility
  • Relics of the Old Post Office
  • Concrete Block Houses
  • The Green Bay & Western Railroad Legacy
  • Sawmills, Nails and Immigrants
  • The Cannon in Riverside Park

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Events

  • Winter Rec-Fest
  • La Crosse in the 1918 Pandemic
  • Digging into the Past - The LPL Archives Celebrates 40 Years of Service

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Presidential Visits

  • Grover Cleveland in 1887
  • Theodore Roosevelt in 1903
  • William Howard Taft in 1909
  • Truman, Ford, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama

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Odds and Ends

  • Keep Your Family Healthy... with Beer
  • Unconditional Gifts of Time, Talents & Treasures
  • Is it Odd or Even: The Alternate-Side Parking Issue
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    • Sawmills, Nails and Immigrants
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