La Crescent, Minnesota
La Crescent (/lə ˈkrɛsənt/ lə KRESS-ənt)[6] is a city in Houston and Winona counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.The most recent inhabitants before the arrival of white settlers were the Dakota people, a branch of the Sioux, and the Ho-Chunk, or Winnebago.The Camerons were two of the town's most colorful characters; he tried to dig a canal to change the flow of the Mississippi River so it would flow closer to La Crescent and bypass La Crosse, Wisconsin across the river.[11] The Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson lived in La Crescent prior to 1872, when he moved westward to Denver and later Alaska.Horticulturalist John S. Harris arrived in La Crescent in 1856, who helped give the town its identity of "Apple Capital of Minnesota", a title that the city copyrighted in 2002.He planted thousands of apple trees and hundreds of varieties, a full half of which he said were total failures.Since La Crescent is below the normal level of the rest of the area, the bluffside provides some protection from winds.Most visible around the lake are migratory bird species such as Wood Ducks, Ruddy Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Least and American Bitterns, Common Morrhends, Night Herons, Sandhill Cranes, and Tundra Swans.[14] In the early spring, the water appears clear, before natural aquatic vegetation grows over.The northern edge of La Crescent is skirted by Interstate 90 and I-90 Mississippi River Bridge.
HoustonWinonaMinnesotaCountiesTime zoneZIP codeArea codeFIPS codeU.S. state2020 census
John S. HarrisMississippi RiverbluffsDakota peopleHo-ChunkLouisiana PurchaseDaniel BoonesurveyorsIndiantribesLa CrosseWisconsinPresbyterianmissionarySheldon JacksonDenverAlaskadowntowncrescentincorporatedJohn S. HarrisapplesLa Crescent MN swing bridgeUnited States Census BureauOnalaska, WisconsinWinona, MinnesotaBlue Lakecensuspopulation densityAfrican AmericanNative Americanother racesHispanicLatinomarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineLa Crescent Public LibrarySiri CarpenterEriah HayesMarguerite KerriganPeter PerninPeshtigo fireMichelle RifenbergKen TschumperAl W. Wieser, Jr.Minnesota State Highway 16Interstate 90I-90 Mississippi River BridgeGreat River RoadLa Crosse MTUMississippi River TrailWisconsin bike trail systemGreat River TrailLa Crescent TownshipAssociated PressHouston County, MinnesotaCounty seatCaledoniaCitiesBrownsvilleEitzenSpring GroveTownshipsBlack HammerCrooked CreekJeffersonLa CrescentMayvilleMoney CreekMound PrairieSheldonWilmingtonWinnebagoYucatanUnincorporatedcommunitiesFreeburgNewhousePine CreekPerkinsRicefordRiver JunctionSchechs MillSouth RidgeWillington GroveIndianreservationHo-Chunk Indian ReservationWinona County, MinnesotaAlturaDakotaGoodviewLewistonMinneiskaMinnesota CityRollingstoneSt. CharlesStocktonDresbachFremontHillsdaleMt. VernonNew HartfordNortonPleasant HillRichmondSaratogaWarrenWhitewaterWilsonWiscoyPickwickBeaverBethanyCentervilleDonehowerLamoille