Nathan Myrick

American city founder

Nathan Myrick (July 7, 1822 in Westport, New York – June 4, 1903 in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a fur trader who founded La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1841. Myrick was in the fur trade in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin before traveling north to establish a fur trading post in what is now La Crosse. In 1849, he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota to establish more fur trading posts.[1][2] He was a brother of Andrew Myrick, who was killed on the first day at the Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Downtown Mainstreet Inc".
2. ^ "Brief History of La Crosse County". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13.
3. ^ Benjamin F. Bryant (1907). Memoirs of La Crosse County. Western Historical Association.

## Sources

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* "Nathan Myrick Founder of City Is Dead". La Crosse Chronicle. La Crosse, Wisconsin. June 4, 1903. Courtesy of the La Crosse Public Library Archives.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
* "Nathan Myrick". Wisconsin Historical Dictionary. 3 August 2012.

## External links

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* Articles about Nathan Myrick, Wisconsin State Historical Society
* The Lumbering Industry of La Crosse, Wisconsin 1841–1905, Selma Sather Casberg, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1953
* Nathan Myrick, 1822 - 1903

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