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The records of the Friends of the Hixon Forest Nature Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, include articles of incorporation, bylaws, and newsletters. Materials range in date from 1983 to 1988.

Abstract The Friends of the Hixon Forest Nature Center published two newsletters between 1990 and 2007: "Friends Newsletter" (primary newsletter) and "Nutty News," a newsletter intended for children which was only published twice in 2000. Prior to 1990, occassional mailings were sent from the Nature Center without official titles.Mailings dating 1984-1989 have been separated from the newsletters, while issues of the two newsletter have been further separated into two groups; each group...

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

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"History of Hixon Forest Nature Center," written by Pat Wilson, 25 September, 1993.

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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.

Abstract Records, 1975-1990, of the Hixon Forest Trail Committee. The committee builds and maintains the nature trails of Hixon Forest in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and now operates as a committee of the Hixon Forest Nature Center. Materials include committee administration records such as correspondence, finance, meeting minutes, resolutions, and general committee administration materials. Other materials are general correspondence, historical materials which include newspaper clippings, photos...