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

Township:  City of La Crosse 


OLIVER P. BLANCHARD, engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 
Paul Railroad; has been a resident of La Crosse since 1875, and has been 
working on this road since 1859.  Commenced firing in 1862, and has 
been running an engine since 1867.  He was born in St. Johnsburg, Vt., 
in 1844.  His father, Alfred R. Blanchard, came to Wisconsin in 1855; 
lived in Watertown one winter, then removed to Beaver Dam, where he 
still resides.  Mr. Blanchard married in Pardeeville, Wis., Miss Sarah 
Connor, of Berlin, Wis., and has two children – Morris and Fred.




Submitted by:  Diane Scott