1965 Map of La Crosse

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The Mississippi River serves as the central artery of this mid-century survey, dividing the rugged Coulee Region where the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge stretches along the state borders. To the west, the river valley gives way to the high plateaus of southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa, while the eastern portion of the sheet reveals the complex drainage basins of the Kickapoo River and Wisconsin River. This landscape is defined by its early transportation corridors, where the Chicago and North Western and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads parallel the riverbanks and connect industrial hubs like La Crosse to smaller interior settlements.