See also:

• LACROMA (Serbo-Croatian Lokrum)

LACROMA (Serbo-Croatian Lokrum)  , a small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Adriatic See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia,and lying less than See also:

• HALF

half a mile See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa . Though barely r 4 m. in length, See also:

• LACROMA (Serbo-Croatian Lokrum)

Lacroma is remarkable for the beauty of its sub-tropical vegetation . It was a favourite resort of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian, afterwards See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico (1832—1867), who restored the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau and See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park; and of the Austrian See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph (1857—1889) . It contains an rrth-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine monastery; and the remains of a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, said by a very doubtful See also:

• LOCAL

local tradition to have been founded by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard I. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (1157—1199), See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form part of the imperial chateau . See Lacroma, an illustrated descriptive See also:

• WORK

work by the crown princess Stephanie (afterwards Countess Lonyay ) (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1892) . LA CROSSE, a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of La Crosse county, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 18o m . W.N.W. of See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, and about 120 M . S.E. of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota, on the E. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

• RIVER

river, at the mouth of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black and of the La Crosse See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . Pop . (1900) 28,895; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 30,417 . Of the See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1900, 7222 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, 3130 being See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and 2023 See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian, and 17,555 were of foreign-parentage (both parents foreign-born), including 7853 of German parentage, 4422 of Norwegian parentage, and 1062 of Bohemian parentage . La Crosse is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, the La Crosse & South Eastern, and the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• BAY

Bay & Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by river steamboat lines on the Mississippi .

The river is crossed here by a railway See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge (C.M . & St P.) and See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon bridge . The city is situated on a See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie, extending back from the river about 22 in. to bluffs, from which See also:

• FINE

fine views may be obtained . Among the city's buildings and institutions are the Federal See also:

• BUILDING

Building (1886—1887), the County See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House (1902—1903), the Public Library (with more than 20,000 volumes), the City See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall (1891), the High School Building (1905—1906), the St See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis, La Crosse and Lutheran hospitals, a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Men's See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Association Building, a Young See also:

• WOMEN

Women's Christian Association Building, a U.S . See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

Weather Station (2907), and a U.S . See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

Fish Station (1905) . La Crosse is the seat of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state Normal School (1909) . Among the city's parks are Pettibone (an island in the Mississippi), See also:

• RIVERSIDE

Riverside, See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns, See also:

• FAIR

Fair Ground and Myrick . The city is the see of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . La Crosse is an important See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, and is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal wholesale distributing centre for a large territory in S.W . Wisconsin, N . See also:

• IOWA

Iowa and Minnesota .

Proximity to both See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine and hardwood fbrests See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early made it one of the most important lumber manufacturing places in the North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west; but this See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry has now been displaced by other manufactures . The city has grain See also:

• ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators, See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills (the value of flour and grist See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products in 1905 was $2,166,116), and breweries (product value in 1905, $1,440,659) . Other important manufactures are agricultural implements ($542,425 in 1905), lumber and planing mill products, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, woollen, knit and See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber goods, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, carriages, foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron products, See also:

• COOPERAGE (from " cooper," a maker of casks, derived from such forms as Mid. Dutch caper, Ger. Kufer, Lat. cuparius; the same root is seen in various Teut. words for a basket, such as Dutch kuip and Eng. " kipe " and " coop, " but cooper is apparently not
• COOPERAGE, or COPERAGE (Flemish and Dutch kooper, a trader, dealer)

cooperage, See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl buttons, brooms and brushes . The total value of the factory product 111 1905 was $8,139,432, as against $7,676,581 in 1900 . The city owns and operates its See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works See also:

• SYSTEM

system, the wagon bridge (1890—1891) across the Mississippi, and a See also:

• TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")
• TOLL, JOHAN KRISTOFFER, COUNT (1743-1817)

toll road (22 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long) to the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of La See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

Crescent, Minn . See also:

• FATHER

Father Hennepin and du Lhut visited or passed the site of La Crosse as early as 168o, but it is possible that adventurous coureurs-See also:

• DES

des-bois preceded them . The first permanent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made in 1841, and La Crosse was made the county-seat in 1855 and was chartered as a city in 1856 .