Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Whalen, Alex A. 
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ALEX A. WHALEN, proprietor of the Minnesota House; has resided in La Crosse 
since the fall of 1854. He had a clothing store the first two years, then had 
a contract for grading streets which kept him occupied one year; after that he 
dealt in horses and cattle for several years, spending considerable time in 
Arkansas and the Indian Territory in the business. In 1867, he bought the 
Minnesota House and has kept it since. This house stands on the site of the 
old trading post kept by Nathan Myrick (now of St. Paul), who was the first 
settler in La Crosse. Mr. Whalen was born in Queens Co., Ireland, and when 
about a year old his father, James Whalen, came to America and settled in St. 
Lawrence Co., N. Y. He was a canal contractor in New York and Ohio, and 
railroad contractor in Maryland and Pennsylvania; was on the Baltimore & Ohio 
Road for some time, and also worked two years on the Croton Dam in New York. 
He finally came to Milwaukee, and died in that city. Alex remained with his 
father till he came to Milwaukee in 1843, and came from there to La Crosse in 
1854. Has four children - Margaret, James, Alexander, and Katie. Margaret is 
now the widow of Gilbert Shaffer, Esq., of the State of New York. Mrs. Whalen 
was a native of New York City; her maiden name was Catharine Lawler.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 807.

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