La Crosse: Steam
Clip: Special | 8m 50s
Steamboats, steam engines and steam-powered sawmills drove the economy to prosperity.
In 1858, the Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad tunneled through the hills near Tomah, and arrived in La Crosse, beginning an era when steam engines, steamboats, and steam-powered sawmills drove the economy. (Part 4/8)
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La Crosse: Steam
Clip: Special | 8m 50s
In 1858, the Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad tunneled through the hills near Tomah, and arrived in La Crosse, beginning an era when steam engines, steamboats, and steam-powered sawmills drove the economy. (Part 4/8)
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The growth of its three colleges La Crosse's adaptation to the post-lumber economy. (4m 22s)
The confluence of the three rivers gave life to the city in the middle of driftless area. (6m 14s)
Rebuilt and revitalized La Crosse is characterized by high tech and higher education. (9m 29s)
Adolf Gundersen arrived in La Crosse from Norway and revolutionized medical care in town. (10m 10s)
La Crosse became an industrial town after the decline of lumber industry. (10m 36s)
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