La Crosse in La Crosse County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Oak Grove Cemetery
Photographed by Mallory Hanson, April 16, 2026
1. Oak Grove Cemetery Marker
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Oak Grove Cemetery was founded in 1851 by Deacon S.T. Smith as a simple burial ground, and little attention was paid to landscape design. The site began to take on its present aesthetic under the leadership of Joseph W. Losey and Henry I. Bliss in 1878, when the Cemetery Association began to transform it into a more formal, park-like setting. In keeping with the Rural Cemetery movement popular in the United States at that time, landscape architect Prosper Stevens designed a plan that reflected the Rural Romantic style. Walkways and formal landscape features followed the natural gently rolling topography of the land, with locations that provided scenic vistas of the citys eastern bluffs at its highest points. The cemetery consists of 80 acres. Many prominent community leaders are buried here, a practice that persists today.
Erected by Oak Grove Cemetery Association. (Marker Number 636.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
Location. 43° 49.132′ N, 91° 14.061′ W. Marker is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County. It can be reached from La Crosse Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1407 La Crosse Street, 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, on the Great Lakes, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Losey Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 12th and La Crosse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Concordia Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Myrick Park Treewalk (approx. 0.4 miles away); 16th and State (approx. 0.4 miles away); Myrick Park Mounds (approx. half a mile away); Group of Indian Mounds (approx. half a mile away); 19th and Main (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Crosse.
Photographed by Mallory Hanson, April 16, 2026
2. Oak Grove Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2026, by Mallory Hanson of Madison, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 20 times since then. Photos: 1. submitted on May 10, 2026. 2. submitted on May 7, 2026, by Mallory Hanson of Madison, Wisconsin. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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