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The Making of a Park System in La Crosse : Report / by John Nolen
(La Crosse, Wis. : Inland Printing Co.), 1911.

 
  Table of Contents:
Title Page
Park Commission [list of members]
Quotes About Parks
Plans and Drawings
     Bird's Eye View of Levee Park [Riverside]
     General Plan for Levee Park [Riverside]
     General Plan for Copeland Park
     General Plan for West Avenue Playfield [Powell]
     General Plan for Adams Street Playfield [Hood]
     General Plan for a City Park System for La Crosse
Beginning of Text
     Pettibone Park Was the Beginning
     Landscape Architect Engaged
     Mass Meeting Adopts Resolution
     Tax Levied for Park Purposes
     Sites Naturally Suited for Parks
     Park System for City of La Crosse
     Largest and Most Beautiful Park
     Plan to Double Size of Main Street Square
     System of Parkways and Boulevards
     Successful Methods Followed
     Cost for Park System Only Fifty Cents per Capita
An Acknowledgement
Photographic Illustrations
     Pettibone Park
     Grandad Bluff & Coulee Park
     Main Street Square [Burns Park]
     Pettibone Park
     Copeland Park
     Copeland Park
     Levee Park [Riverside Park]
     Pettibone Park
     Myrick Park
     La Crosse River
     Cemetery Drive
     Coulee Park [Hixon Forest]
Map of La Crosse (Part A)
Map of La Crosse (Part B)