Records consist only of the articles of incorporation and Map of La Crosse and its vicinity by H. I. Bliss (1873).
Incorporated in 1873 in the state of Minnesota, formed to build and take charge of two roads with bridges and ferries, between La Crosse and Minnesota. The first board of directors consisted of W. F. Weber and E. Thompson (Hokah, Minn.) and H. I. Bliss, John Paul, and J. M. Marti (La Crosse, Wis.)