Historical Societies (Buffalo County)
Buffalo County Historical Society
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 394
Location: 407 S. 2nd St.
Alma, WI 54610
Phone: (608) 685-6290
Web Address:www.bchsonline.com
Email: historical@buffalocounty.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m., also open by appointment; they will do research for you for a fee. Please contact them directly for more information.
Resources Available:
Books & other published material, including:
Numerous of family histories
Alma on the Mississippi (1980)
Geschichte von Fountain City, Wis. (2 vols., 1989 & 1998)
History of Northern Wisconsin (1881)
Township of Dover, Buffalo County, Wis. (1982)
Township of Gilmanton
Cemetery indexes (Chippewa County): Chippewa County, Wisconsin, cemetery index
Census materials for Wisconsin: Federal Censuses (Buffalo County), 1840-1930
County histories & biographical sketches
Buffalo County: 1888, 1892, 1919, 1993
La Crosse County: 1881, 1892
Pepin County: 1919, 1985
Trempealeau County: 1892
Newspapers published in Buffalo County
Alma: Alma Weekly Express (1861-1864; 1869-1882)
Buffalo County Journal (1868-1876; 1882-1970)
Cochrane: Cochrane Recorder (1914-1970)
Fountain City: Buffalo County Republican (in English) (1924-1959)
Buffalo County Republican (in German) (1881-1881; 1896-1899; 1907-1910; 1923)
Plat maps and atlases: 1878, 1896, 1914, 1955, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1982,1986, 1989, 1996, 2000
Alma Historical Society
Phone: (608) 685-4437
Hours: Open June-October 15, Saturday 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Buffalo City-Cochrane Area Historical Society
S2178 County Rd. N
Alma, WI 54610
Phone: (608) 248-3092
Fountain City Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 114
Fountain City, WI 54629
Phone: (608) 687-7541 c/o Ardys Keilholtz
Mondovi Area Historical Society
Mondovi Tourist Park, basement of Mondovi city building
156 S. Franklin St.
Mondovi, WI 54755
Phone: (715) 926-3286
Web address: www.mondovihistory.org