Historical Societies

2010-02-19 11:09:38 By: Anita the Archivist

Bangor & Area Historical Society
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 15
Location: 1525 Commercial St.
Bangor, WI 54614
Phone: (608) 486-2175 (Contact: Guy Hesselberg)
Email: hatzberg@msn.com
Hours: Wednesday 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Material

Census of original immigrants
Some of Bangor's original families and their history
Oral histories of some older members of the community as well as Vietnam veterans

Cemetery Indexes (La Crosse County)

Index to Fairview Cemetery (Bangor)

Local Newspapers public in La Crosse County

Bangor Independent to 1970

Newspaper Indexes

Obituary clippings and other newspaper clippings: general Bangor events, weddings and marriages.

Yearbooks

Bangor High School "Echo," most years

Holmen Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 535
Holmen, WI 54636
Phone: (608) 781-6701
Web Address: www.holmenhistory.org
Email: gskol@earthlink.net

La Crosse County Historical Society
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1272
Location: 112 S. 9th St.
La Crosse, WI 54602-1272
Phone: (608) 782-1980
Web Address: www.lchsweb.org
Email: lchs@centurytel.net
Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Please call ahead to make an appointment!

Books and Published Materials

La Crosse city directories, and history and biographical sketches of La Crosse County 1881 and 1892

Newspapers published in La Crosse County 

La Crosse --  Daily Republican, selected dates August-December 1864

La Crosse -- Republican, January 30; February 3; February 13, July 16 & 20, all 1864

La Crosse -- Weekly Republican, selected dates April--December 1864; January—December 1865

Plat Maps & Books

La Crosse County, 1954, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1972

Yearbooks

La Crosse -- Central High School "Booster," 1906-1908, 1912-1930, 1932, 1935-1939, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1950, 1952, 1956-1957

La Crosse -- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1952, 1955, 1956

Onalaska Area Historical Society & Museum
741 Oak Ave. S.
Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone: (608) 781-9568

West Salem Historical Society
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 884
Location: 358 N. Leonard St.
West Salem, WI 54669-0884
Phone: (608) 786-1675