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	Onalaska Texas and the four Onalaskas.
		This year, as Onalaska celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding, townspeople are discovering more about their past, including the fact there are four Onalaskas in the United States -- all with connections to the same family.
		While the town’s economy is grounded in the commerce produced by Lake Livingston, there was a time when Onalaska had one of Texas’ largest sawmills.
		He is not considered a town founder in Wisconsin's Onalaska -- the town was founded many years before he came on the scene.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/Onalaska-Texas-1004BB.htm (977 words)

	Discover Onalaska, WI: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Onalaska is built on a ridge over-looking Lake Onalaska and the Black River and beyond the wide Mississippi to the Minnesota Bluffs three miles away.
		Rowe platted the village in 1851 and called it Onalaska, an Aleut word meaning "dwelling together harmoniously." A copy of the original plat is displayed in the museum, showing a much smaller Onalaska, a sharp contrast to the booming community Onalaska is today.
		The Black River Boom Town display includes photographs and paintings depicting a loggers life, as well as examples of the tools of the trade, from yokes for the oxen that hauled the logs to the river to 5-foot saw blades that sliced the logs into lumber for construction.
	www.discoveronalaska.com /history.html (640 words)

	Holmen Courier - News
		Sue Cejka, a town board member who was on the committee that reviewed the subdivision code, said the last rewrite of the code was in 1997, but it was already out of step with current planning standards, not to mention at odds with the comprehensive plan.
		Town residents should be getting their town newsletter before the weekend, and the newsletter will contain a summary of the subdivision code.
		Cejka said it's possible the Onalaska Town Board could approve the new subdivision code at its June 26 monthly meeting, but she's not sure the board will be ready to OK it.
	www.holmencourier.com /articles/2006/06/16/news/02code.txt (930 words)

	Onalaska, Texas
		The railroad depot at Onalaska was located on Main Street about three-fourths of a mile south of the company store and had a sidewalk all the way to the store.
		At this time the Onalaska population was greater than that of Livingston and the Onalaska sawmill owned by Carlisle-Pennel Lumber Company was believed to be the largest in Texas.
		Jackson retired in 1917, but the mill continued to operate until 1924, and the town settled down into a long slumber from which she was only recently wakened by the kiss of the water from Lake Livingston.
	www.livingston.net /onalaska/history.htm (1685 words)

	Onalaska Life - Printable Version
		The reality of the situation for the Town of Onalaska is that unless development is well-planned, the costs for each household in the Town (no matter where they are located), will be in excess of $18,000 for sewer and water.
		The town needs a stormwater utility district to have an entity in which the other federal and state agencies can work with to construct funded projects and for future projects needed to be constructed in the town.
		The town can apply for matching grants to help with maintaining equipment requirements for keeping ditch, culverts and streets clean and also sediment ponds, while a fee structure is agreed to and being able to have a dependable source of funding in the future for stormwater management.
	www.onalaskalife.com /articles/2005/04/01/news/04otboard.prt (1357 words)

	Holmen Courier - News
		The candidates running in the Feb. 15 primary for the job of Onalaska town chairman - Steve Hammes, Steve Kujak and David Paudler - were asked to respond to a questionnaire to help voters make an informed choice on election day.
		The citizens of the town would be forced to pay disproportionately higher rates of taxes because our tax base growth would be severely limited compared with neighboring municipalities that do not have similar land use plans.
		The town needs the ability to plan toward minimizing impact of growth while protecting the interests of individual property rights and the interests of the town's people.
	www.holmencourier.com /articles/2005/02/17/news/08townleader.txt (1649 words)

	La Crosse Tribune - our way of life
		Between 1990 and 2000, Onalaska's population went from 11,824 to 14,839, a 31.5 percent increase.
		The town of Onalaska gained 107 residents, growing 2 percent from 5,210 to 5,317.
		The town of Hamilton, which is between Onalaska and West Salem, gained 71 residents for a 3.4 percent gain to 2,174.
	www.lacrossetribune.com /ourwayoflife/1lax.php (1349 words)

	WEAU \| News
		The way some people in Our Town Onalaska show off their old work or hunting boots is in a tree that's well known throughout the Coulee Region.
		Onalaska population is growing, its retail is booming and the amount of planning for the future is mounting.
		Onalaska's history spotlights native americans and the lumber industry of the 1800's.
	www.weau.com /news/features/4 (171 words)

	Christmas in Our Town - Onalaska, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Contact Us There is but one goal for ‘Christmas in our Town’ and that is for all children to be given the chance to enjoy the spirit of Christmas regardless of race, religion, and economic status.
		While many cannot afford Christmas in their homes, their children are now able to spend one day a year playing and listening to wonderful music at no charge to them.
		Onalaska will be all aglow with plenty of lights and fun for kids of all ages...
	www.christmasinourtown.com /index.html (135 words)

	Onalaska News
		The new exhibit at the Onalaska Area Historical Museum - "101 Ways to Communicate" - got started with a visit by museum exhibit creator Sandy Musolf to Phoneco in Galesville, where she saw an awe-inspiring...
		The ongoing public dispute between Onalaska Police Chief Randy Williams and some of his officers continues Monday when a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission hearing into complaints from two officers...
		La Crosse County recently agreed to pay $67,500 to a former juvenile detention facility shift supervisor who claims he was fired in retaliation for agreeing to testify in legal actions brought by co-workers,...
	www.topix.net /city/onalaska-wi (617 words)

	Onalaska Texas
		Onalaska, Texas, located on a peninsula extending into Lake Livingston, 13 miles west of Livingston and 28 miles east of Huntsville on US Highway 190, is nestled in a very picturesque setting surrounded by Lake Livingston and the Piney Woods in all directions.
		The Onalaska area, because of its location at the heart of Lake Livingston, has become a popular vacation and retirement community, and despite its growth, still retains a village quality and country atmosphere.
		The Onalaska area has many types of accommodations, including motels, camping, and RV parks, and with our mild winter climate, all cater to Winter Texans.
	www.newway.cc /texasrealestatelinks/onalaska/default.htm (327 words)

	La Crosse Tribune - 6.0
		ONALASKA, Wis. — The Onalaska Town Board on Monday decided to issue $2.6 million in industrial revenue bonds for an expansion at Empire Screen Printing Inc. that’s expected to add about 28 jobs by summer 2007 and 78 jobs by summer 2012.
		Town of Onalaska = Brice Prairie wrote on May 30, 2006 5:56 AM:"Within a few years, there will be virtually nothing left of the Town of Onalaska save Brice Prairie.
		The Village of Holmen is moving to the south and east and the City of Onalaska is moving to north and east.
	www.lacrossetribune.com /articles/2006/05/23/news/z00empire.txt (650 words)

	Town of Shelby : Homepage
		Thereafter, the term for the representative from the City of Onalaska, the Town of Campbell, and the Village of Bangor shall be for a term of two (2) years.
		Electors of the City of Onalaska, the Town of Campbell, the Town of Shelby, the Village of Bangor, the Village of Holmen, the Village of Rockland, and the Village of West Salem shall be eligible to vote for the Municipal Judge of the Joint Municipal Court.
		All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances of the Town of Shelby that contravene or are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
	www.townofshelby.com /ordinances.html (4451 words)

	Mississippi River - Pool 7
		The Town of Onalaska, Onalaska Lake District, and major industries in the Brice Prairie area should re-examine sewering all or portions of the Brice Prairie.
		Lake Onalaska at one time contained vast quantities of this plant species and was an important migration stop for the canvasback.
		Three islands were constructed in Lake Onalaska in 1989 to reduce wave re-suspension of fine sediments, provide predator free nesting and loafing sites for waterfowl, and aid in the re-establishment of aquatic vegetation beds.
	dnr.wi.gov /org/gmu/bbt/black/mississippipool7.html (1532 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Onalaska is on Farm Road 356 by Lake Livingston, ninety miles north of Houston in western Polk County.
		By 1908 Onalaska had a depot, a bank, a hotel, an electric power plant, and a population of 2,000.
		Although Onalaska remained a fairly prosperous agricultural community, its first boom days were over; the population had declined to 1,250 by 1925 and to eighty by the late 1940s.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/OO/hlo18.html (296 words)

	City of Onalaska, Wisconsin \| Welcome
		Onalaska is built on a ridge overlooking Lake Onalaska and the Black River, the Mississippi River and the Minnesota bluffs three miles away.
		Onalaska's location in the scenic Mississippi River Valley adjacent to the Black River and Lake Onalaska provides unparalleled beauty and recreational opportunities for citizens and visitors alike.
		The City of Onalaska is currently in the process of completing a Comprehensive Smart Growth Plan in a partnership with the village of Holmen to chart a course for future growth and preservation of land.
	www.cityofonalaska.com (373 words)

	WID980821656 \| Region 5 Superfund \| US EPA
		The Onalaska Municipal Landfill site consists of a seven-acre landfill, situated on an 11-acre parcel of property adjacent to the Black River in the Town(ship) of Onalaska (population 4,000).
		The landfill area was formerly a sand and gravel quarry before it was used as a municipal landfill.
		From 1969 to 1980, the Township of Onalaska operated the landfill, where municipal refuse was commingled with industrial solvents such as naphtha, toluene, and trichloroethene.
	www.epa.gov /R5Super/npl/wisconsin/WID980821656.htm (521 words)

	Onalaska business owner feels left out of unsafe water solution La Crosse Tribune - Find Articles
		Shepard's well was one of three in the town that were found to contain an unsafe level of volatile organic compound contaminants.
		The Onalaska Common Council met Tuesday and approved an agreement to supply city water to the Robert Kerr residence, N5202 Hwy.
		Ron Lund, Onalaska city engineer, said if Tooke pays, the earliest water could be supplied to the two residences would be the second week of December.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_199811/ai_n8818875 (647 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The mill property of the Onalaska Company is one of the most complete plants of the kind in the state and the business controlled by the company ranks with the foremost enterprises of this character in the northwest.
		Active in the management of the company's interests in Onalaska is William A. Carlisle, who was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1888, a son of William Carlisle, president of the Carlisle-Pennell Lumber Company of Atchison, Kansas, the owner of the business at Carlisle, Washington, conducted under the name of the Copalis Lumber Company.
		The company's holdings adjacent to the town comprise a magnificent body of virgin timber with an area of twenty-eight thousand acres, sufficient to keep the plan tin operation at its present capacity for the next fifty years.
	www.drizzle.com /~jtenlen/bios/carlisle.txt (1003 words)

	NewsTalk 1410 AM - La Crosse - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The town of Onalaska hopes to hire a town administrator by the end of the month.
		Town board members feel like they're stretched too thin to deal with policy issues according to town board chair David Paudler.
		He points out town board members are serving on a part time capacity.
	www.1410wizm.com /news/index.php?newsid=1539 (112 words)

	Walter Heinrich Hermann Pertzsch Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Walter Heinrich Hermann Pertzsch was born 19 September 1891 in the town of Onalaska, Wisconsin.
		Marriage record, register of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod, Onalaska, WI Nathan Smith, a Tennessee slave freed during the Civil War, was a respected early resident of La Crosse County, WI.
		Transcription from headstone in the Onalaska Cemetery, Onalaska, WI, courtesy of Mildred Jacob Hansen.
	members.dancris.com /~byblos/wally.htm (547 words)

	West Salem Area Cemeteries
		The Asbury Cemetery is located in the western tip of the Town of Onalaska, at the northern end of CTH "ZZ", in an area locally known as Brice Prairie.
		Here The Welsh Methodist Cemetery is located in Town of Bangor on County J, 0.3 miles south of the junction of County B and County C, about 1.0 miles south of Rockland.
		Here The Welsh Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Town of Bangor on County J, 1.0 miles south of the junction of County B and County J, on Langrehr Road.
	webpages.charter.net /bobselbrede/location.htm (1791 words)

	History of Onalaska : Homepage
		The City of Onalaska is home to more than 15,000 residents.
		Onalaska was founded in 1851 in the era when America was expanding westward at a furious pace, with many young men in the eastern states traveling west to make their fortunes.
		He decided to establish a town, entered the site at the Wisconsin state land office in Mineral Point, and hired a surveyor to lay out the town.
	www.historyofonalaska.com (195 words)

	Onalaska, Wisconsin Community Web Page, La Crosse County
		Onalaska is a winter paradise for downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing.
		Special attractions in the Onalaska area are the canoe trails and swan, eagle, duck and geese watching.
		Onalaska's active community events calendar also remembers its past as well as celebrates the natural resources and beauty of the area.
	www.explorewisconsin.com /communitypages/onalaska.html (506 words)

	Coulee News - Features
		Pedretti also said she likes the variety her job provides and the chance to be able to work with people, listen to their opinions and answer their questions.
		She said she also likes working with town issues, although they can be a challenge, as well.
		Unlike many municipal clerks, Schultz was elected to her town of Onalaska position.
	www.couleenews.com /articles/2006/05/04/features/01clerks.txt (638 words)

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		Gonczy, to authorize Onalaska Festivals use of Van Riper Park for Sunfish Days, May 26, 2005 through May 29, 2005, with exceptions to the ordinances 12-1-1-b(2); 12-1-1-b(3); 12-1-1-b(9); 12-1-1-b(14); 12-1-1-b(15); 12-1-1-b(24); 12-1-4-a; and 12-1-4-b.
		Olson, to grant conditional approval of the direct annexation area from the Town of Onalaska subject to submission of an annexation petition.
		Wulf, to authorize Onalaska High School use of a voting booth for its Reality Store experience to be held at the High School on April 21, 2005.
	www.cityofonalaska.com /meetings/Minutes_2005/20050412.txt (1599 words)

	Onalaska doll maker takes hands-on approach La Crosse Tribune - Find Articles
		TOWN OF ONALASKA, Wis. Looking around the room where Cheryl Keeffe creates, it's hard to imagine how she could have survived working 24 years for the Social Security Administration.
		When she got back to her town of Onalaska home on Schilling Road, Keeffe was all revved up to start making dolls.
		She thought this was kind of strange, considering she never liked playing with dolls as a kid.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_200403/ai_n9346905 (938 words)

	Town of Shelby : Homepage
		The Town of Shelby is an unincorporated municipality located in the southwest corner of La Crosse County, just south and east of the City of La Crosse along the banks of the Mississippi River.
		An elected 3-person Town Board governs this town of 4,727 residents with the assistance of a Town Administrator and an appointed Clerk-Treasurer.
		Planned growth is directed by the Town's long-range land use plan, which was developed in conjunction with a countywide plan.
	www.townofshelby.com (213 words)

	Onalaska Life
		Onalaska’s police chief is under criminal investigation over accusations he tried to tamper with witnesses who testified in favor of an officer he sought to fire earlier this year.
		The wishbone offense of the Onalaska High School football team is one predicated on playing from ahead.
		Onalaska did that for the first time for an extended period this season Friday at Adams-Friendship, with Mike Pollex's 64-yard scoring catch from A.J. Mick on a second down with 32 seconds remaining give the Hilltoppers a 28-21 win.
	onalaskacommunitylife.com (473 words)

	Town of Campbell : History
		Named after E.D. Campbell, former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, the town of Campbell which is located just north of the City of La Crosse was settled in 1851.
		Joseph French one of the earliest settlers of the town of Campbell arrived in May of 1851.
		In the late 1840’s the Town of Campbell extended North to the town of Onalaska, Northeast to the town of Hamilton, Southwest to the town of Barre, and South to the town of Shelby.
	www.frenchislandwi.com /home/community/history.asp (253 words)

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