“The History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: 
Western Historical Company. 1881.

Township:  City of La Crosse 


FRANK BARTL, foreman in the Empire Brewery; was born in Bohemia 
in 1838; came to the United States in 1868, and settled in Wisconsin; has 
been in La Crosse since 1874.  He was married in Germany, in 1867, to 
Mary Rank, and has four children – Anna, Frank, Joseph and Mary.  His 
father was George Bartl, and he was been working at the brewing 
business since he was 14 years old.


Submitted by:  Diane Scott