La Crosse in La Crosse County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

23rd and Green Bay

— La Crosse Heritage Tour —

November 26, 2023

1. 23rd and Green Bay Marker

Inscription. The United States Naval Reserve was organized in La Crosse in 1946. This Navy training center was commissioned by Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones on December 14, 1949. Reservists from southwestern Wisconsin, northern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota meet and train at this center.

Erected 1999 by the City of La Crosse, the City's Historic Preservation Commission and the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Marker Number 16.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical date for this entry is December 14, 1949.

Location. 43° 47.616′ N, 91° 13.282′ W. Marker is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County. It is on Hyde Avenue west of 23rd Street South, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2245 Hyde Ave, La Crosse WI 54601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Western Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel (approx. ¾ mile away); 15th and Winnebago (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Legend in His Own Time: Dr D. Franklin Powell, or "White Beaver" (approx. one mile away); 21st and Cass (approx. 1.1 miles away); 15th and Madison (approx. 1.1 miles away); Dedicated to the Memory of Veterans of the Civil War (approx. 1.2 miles away); 10th and Jackson (approx. 1.2 miles away); "Get into the game!" (approx. 1.2 miles

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away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Crosse.

Also see . . .
1. 2226 GREENBAY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society. (Submitted on December 5, 2023.)
2. New housing development complete in La Crosse | News | wxow.com. (Submitted on December 5, 2023.)
3. FILE -- Naval Reserve Center | La Crosse Tribune. (Submitted on December 5, 2023.)

23rd and Green Bay Marker, from the south image. Click for full size.

November 26, 2023

2. 23rd and Green Bay Marker, from the south

23rd and Green Bay Marker, from the north image. Click for full size.

November 26, 2023

3. 23rd and Green Bay Marker, from the north

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