Medary (also Winona Junction) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Medary, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The Great River State Trail has its trailhead located here.[2]
History
The La Crosse, Trempealeau & Prescott Railroad chartered to build from a point across the river from Winona, Minnesota to connect with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.[3] This rail junction originally was called Trempealeau Junction, but later became Winona Junction.[4] The railroad was consolidated with the Chicago and North Western Railway June 6, 1877.[3] The area was renamed in honor of Samuel Medary, an American politician.[4] A community post office operated under the name Medary in 1895 until 1900.[5]
See also
- Medary, Wisconsin - the surrounding town
Notes
- ^ a b "Medary, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Great River State Trail. State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Viewed February 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Eben Douglas Pierce (1917). History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Unigraphic. pp. 262–.
- ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 101.
- ^ "(La Crosse) County (Wisconsin) Postal History". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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This page was last edited on 10 December 2023, at 11:32