EARLY ROUTES OF TRAVEL

St. Croix River was transferred to the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail-
road. Immediately following this the work on the road was hurried and
the year 1858 found the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad complete to
La Crosse. In 18,59 the Daily Union and Democrat carries an advertise-
ment stating that the "cars" run daily except Sunday and the trip to
Milwaukee is being made in ten hours.15 The La Crosse and Milwaukee
Railroad was only the first of the systems which afterwards came into
La Crosse and it seems strange that in such a short period of years
the country that did not have good roads provided for its settlers was
connected with the rest of the country by such quick means of trans-
portation.
                        BIBLIOGRAPHY
    BOOKS. Bryant, B. F., Memoirs of La Crosse County. Madison.
1907. Carr, Spencer, Brief History of La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse.
1854, Flandreau, C. E., History of Minnesota. St. Paul. 1900. History
of La Crosse County. Madison. 1881. Strong, M. M., compiler, History
of Wisconsin Territory. Madison. 1885. Wisconsin  State Historical
Society, Collections.
    MAGAZINES. Minnesota History. Wisconsin Magazine of History.
    MAPS. Chapman. Sectional maps of Wisconsin. 1854, 1855.
Milwaukee. Lapham, P. A., State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee. 1857. U. S.
Survey of La Crosse County. 1847. Early maps of Minnesota.
     NEWSPAPERS. La Crosse Democrat. La Crosse Daily Union. La
 Crosse Union and Democrat.
     DIRECTORIES. Wisconsin State Directory. 1857-58. La Crosse
 City Directory. 1866-67, 1868-69, 1870-71, 1873-74, 1876-77, 1878-79,
 1880-81, 1881-82.


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