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La Crosse

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La Crosse

City in southwestern Wisconsin, USA, at the confluence of the Black, La Crosse, and Mississippi rivers, 200 km/124 mi northwest of Madison; seat of La Crosse County; population (2000) 51,800. It is the processing and marketing centre for the area's agricultural products; industries include plastics, brewing, heating systems, rubber products, electrical machinery, and also tourism.

The settlement began as a French trading post in 1841 and grew as a lumber town in the 19th century. It was named Prairie La Crosse after the American Indian game of lacrosse, and was incorporated as a city in 1856.

The city is the seat of Viterbo College (1890) and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (1909).



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