Photograph of Hixon Forest in La Crosse, Wisconsin, taken by Bill Petersen as it appeared in the July 1989 issue of Minnesota Monthly.

Photocopy of "History of Hixon Forest and Nature Center," written by Bill Petersen in 1989.

This collection is comprised of records of the Hixon Forest Nature Center, which was operated by the Friends of Hixon Forest, Inc. and was located in Hixon Forest, a 790 acre city park in the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1983-2008. Most materials date from 1985-1997, and include four series: historical background, administrative files, financial materials, and related materials and organizations. The group dissolved and re-emerged as the Myrick Hixon Ecopark in 2008.

Written by Patrick Wilson, this paper discusses the lives of McMillan and Flury family members who settled in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area in the 1850s. Also discussed is a short history of a stone cellar in Hixon Forest.