Brownsville Township, Houston County, Minnesota

Brownsville is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 566 at the 2020 census.

Wildcat Creek is a stream in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Wildcat Creek was named for the cougars once frequent in the area.

The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is a historic Carpenter Gothic church located on Main Street, in Brownsville, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It began as an Episcopal church, but later became a Methodist Episcopal church. In the 1940s, it became Emmanuel Lutheran Church. It had been vacant since 1963. On June 2, 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Hokah Township ( HOH-kə) is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 545 at the 2000 census. Hokah Township was organized in 1858, and given the Native American name of the Root River.

Hokah ( HOH-kə) is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. Hokah is located near the confluence of the Root and Mississippi rivers, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Thompson Creek is a stream in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a tributary to the Root River. Thompson Creek was named for brothers Edward Thompson and Clark W. Thompson, early settlers.

The Root River flows for 80 miles (130 km) through the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota and is a tributary of the Upper Mississippi River. The Root River is formed by three branches, the North, South and Middle branches of the Root River and the South Fork Root River. It is an excellent river for canoeing and fishing. The gentle to moderate flowing river drops an average of 3.4 ft/mile from Chatfield, Minnesota, to its pour point in the Mississippi River into Navigation Pool 7 just south of La Crosse, Wisconsin and east of Hokah, Minnesota.

Target Lake is a lake in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Target Lake was so because an early shooting range was located near the lake.

Bergen ( BUR-ghən) is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Pleasant Valley is located in the town.

Pine Creek is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in Winona and Houston counties, Minnesota, United States. Pine Creek joins the Mississippi southeast of La Crescent, Minnesota, directly across from La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse (Latin: Dioecesis Crossensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese (Roman Rite) of the Catholic Church encompassing the city of La Crosse and 19 counties: Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Marathon, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Portage, Richland, Trempealeau, Vernon, and Wood counties in west-central Wisconsin, United States. The Metropolitan for the diocese is the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman.

Gundersen Health System (Gundersen Health) is a comprehensive non-profit health system based in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The system includes multi-specialty group medical practices, a teaching hospital, regional community clinics, affiliate hospitals and clinics, behavioral health services, vision centers, pharmacies, and air and ground ambulances.Gundersen Health's flagship hospital, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, is located in La Crosse and is a teaching hospital with 325 beds and a Level II Trauma and Emergency Center. The hospital received Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals recognition in 2015 and 2017 placing it in the top 1% nationally. Additional awards include receiving the Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award-Clinical Excellence recognition eight years in a row from 2008 to 2015.Gundersen Lutheran is also a designated academic campus for the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.