Nathan Myrick
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Nathan Myrick (July 7, 1822 in Westport, New York - June 4, 1903 in St. Paul, Minnesota) founded La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1841. Nathan Myrick was in the fur trade in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, but travel north and established a fur trading post in what is now La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1849, he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota to establish more fur trading posts.[1] [2]
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- La Crosse Chronicle, (La Crosse, Wisconsin), Nathan Myrick Founder of City Is Dead, June 4, 1903. Courtesy of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Public Library Archives.
- Myrick Nathan, Wisconsin Historical Dictionary
[edit] External links
- Articles about Nathan Myrick, Wisconsin State Historical Society
- The Lumbering Industry of La Crosse, Wisconsin 1841-1905, Selma Sather Casberg, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1953
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