The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections has recently digitized materials from several local history collections held by public libraries from across the state of Wisconsin, partially funded by a Library Services and Technology Grant administered by the Wisconsin Department of Instruction. Included in our recent efforts is: Maps and Atlases of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and the Upper Mississippi River This group of material 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. 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 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. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.LaCrosseLocHist We have hundreds of other local history resources online and freely searchable in our State of Wisconsin Collection at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI Enjoy! Melissa McLimans Digital Services Librarian UW Digital Collections Center

What a marvelous site. I find that after 84 years I can still remember what streets are in the north or southside in the directories. Brings back many memories. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Digital Content" <digitalcontent@library.wisc.edu> To: <WILACROS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:48 PM Subject: [WILACROS] New Digital Collection: Maps and Atlases of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and the Upper Mississippi River > The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections has recently digitized > materials from several local history collections held by public > libraries from across the state of Wisconsin, partially funded by a > Library Services and Technology Grant administered by the Wisconsin > Department of Instruction. Included in our recent efforts is: > > Maps and Atlases of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and the Upper > Mississippi River > > This group of material 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. 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 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. > > http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.LaCrosseLocHist > > We have hundreds of other local history resources online and freely > searchable in our State of Wisconsin Collection at > http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI > > Enjoy! > > Melissa McLimans > Digital Services Librarian > UW Digital Collections Center > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILACROS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >