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== Main Weakneses == The main weakness of this article is that the references cited are not academic in nature. The article is largely based on secondary sources writen by non-historians, especially non-local historians. Also, there is too much emphasis on the settlement known as Onalaska rather than the actual reservoir (manmade lake) known as Lake Onalaska. That is where the novice who has not seen the actual plat, the claims, and the local deed record gets into trouble. In other words, concentrate on Depression Era history and the construction of the lake. If emphasis is put on the nomenclature and founding of the original village (years before the village, now city was founded) the article can be picked apart by knowledgeable local historians pretty quickly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.187.112.18 (talk) 11:38, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Last edited at 11:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 21:35, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Mississippi River vs. Black River

The rewritten article still gives the reader the idea that the City of Onalaska is directly adjacent to the Mississippi River. The former townsite, village and city of Onalaska, Wisconsin was and is located on the Black River, not the Mississippi. The flowage of the Black River still exists, even with the construction of Lake Onalaska. The Black River empties into the Mississippi River far to the south, in the City of La Crosse, not Onalaska. The nearby cities of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Winona, Minnesota can be considered Mississippi river towns; Onalaska cannot. All three, however, can be considered, historically, lumber towns.

The myth that the eastern shore of the Mississippi somehow borders Onalaska was spread by (1) repeated mistakes found on the internet and (2) non-native locals who do not know the geography and history of the place where they currently live.