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La Crosse Public Library
staff selected the following subjects to highlight from the La
Crosse Area Clipping File. While these include just a taste
of the vast materials available at the Library, we invite you
to please contact us with any specific question you may have
about the La Crosse area. Our thanks to the La Crosse Tribune for
their permission in bringing you these materials. We tried
to create printable images and the paper size and orientation
are given after the title of the article.
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Annexation of the Town of Campbell
into the City of La Crosse
The Town of Campbell
was created at the time La Crosse County was organized in 1851.Campbell
lost land mass when dams were constructed on the Mississippi
River in the 1930s. By 1954 the Town of Campbell had been
split in two by the southern growth of the city of Onalaska and
the northern growth of the city of La Crosse. As
a result, the town of Medary was formed west of Oak St., leaving
the borders of the Town of Campbell largely to French Island
and its environs.
This grouping of articles
highlights the ongoing discussion between the Town of Campbell
and the City of La Crosse regarding annexation, boundaries, efforts
to cooperate, and public services such as water. Since
1983 the city has tried to actively encourage Campbell residents
to annex to the city. A court decision in 2002 over annexation
led to a split: the city of La Crosse gained some properties
on Hiawatha Island, a small island east of French Island, while
ruling that annexation into French Island itself was invalid. Also
several moves to incorporate as a village began as early as 1966
and with the most recent effort as late as 2002.
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