Literature & Drama

La Crosse County Historical Sketches, 1931-1955

Some Early La Crosse County Authors / David A. Coate

The Masque of Marsh and River / Howard Mumford Jones Presented by The La Crosse State Normal in Myrick Park

“The Masque of Marsh and River,” was a play written by Howard Mumford Jones and presented in Myrick Park on June 8, 1915, by the La Crosse Normal School. It featured dancers and music. The play’s many characters were played by adults, college students, and school children in such diverse roles as “Mortals, Spirits, Swaying Reeds, Frogs, and Bats.” This booklet contains the play programme, dialogue, and sepia-toned photographs of the production.

Memoirs of La Crosse County / Benjamin Bryant; 1907.

This work, along with History of La Crosse County, 1881, are the preeminent published sources for 19th century La Crosse history. Bryant’s Memoirs, as it is commonly called, is a wide-ranging work that covers the early history of La Crosse as well as the social, education, government, religious, and business institutions. The book is divided into 22 chapters and also includes brief histories of the smaller towns of La Crosse County. An alphabetical name index to Bryant’s Memoirs was prepared and digitized in 2004 and is available for searching at the “name index” button.

Literary La Crosse - Literary People Among the Pioneers-"The Occasional Contributor' Early Poets-What They Read-Editorial Writers, "Brick" Pomeroy, Lute Taylor, George W. Peck, E. B. Usher, Helen A. Manville- Marian Manville Pope-Hamlin Garland-Sterling W. Brown