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Wisconsin Hometown Stories: La Crosse follows the evolution of the city at the junction of the Mississippi, Black and La Crosse Rivers from its earliest days to the present.
Hometown Stories: La Crosse premiered 8 p.m. Monday, May 12. Encore 1 p.m. Sun., May 18.
Through a partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society, WPT is producing the Wisconsin Hometown Stories series with future plans to profile other state cities. Each program is a celebration of the evolution of a town, its residents and the stories they have to tell as a mirror of the entire state.
Footsteps of La Crosse: A Journey Through Time & Architecture
Take a virtual walking tour of the historic downtown La Crosse commercial district with historical and current photographs, architectural and historical analysis of 30 sites.
Interactive Map and Gallery
Explore explore the details of this 1867 birdseye view of the city of La Crosse.
Teacher Resources
Teachers can select from an array of online materials related to La Crosse's stories created by a La Crosse teacher committee working in cooperation with the Educational Communications Board.
La Crosse:
The River City
Historian Michael Goc provides insight into the geographical and sociological factors that led to La Crosse's historical development.
Resources
Explore books, manuscripts, video, virtual walking tours and Web sites related to La Crosse.
Transcript
Read program transcript.
Buy the DVD for Hometown Stories: La Crosse will be available from WPT mid-June. $19.95.
Wisconsin Hometown Stories is produced as a partnership of Wisconsin Public Television and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Principal funding for Wisconsin Hometown Stories: La Crosse was provided by Don and Roxanne Weber, Gail K. Cleary/Cleary-Kumm Foundation, Kwik Trip, Charles and Sue Anne Gelatt with additional funding by Gundersen Lutheran Health System, Dahl Automotive of La Crosse/Onalaska, Sigurd B. Gundersen, Jr. and Friends of Wisconsin Public Television and The Wisconsin History Fund supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
