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La Crosse

Wisconsin, United States
Also known as: Prairie la Crosse
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La Crosse, city, seat (1851) of La Crosse county, western Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River at the influx of the La Crosse River, about 130 miles (210 km) northwest of Madison. The settlement developed around a trading post (1841) on a site that French explorers named Prairie La Crosse, for the game of lacrosse played by the Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) and Sioux Indians there. A natural river port, it became an important...

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