 This park, on the site of a Winnebago village, commemorates an heroic descendant
of those people, Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Fighting in Korea in 1950 as a
member of the 34th Army division, Corporal Red Cloud bravely held off an enemy
attack with machine gun fire until his death, thereby saving the lives of many of
his comrades. Posthumously he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Part of this area once was owned by "Buffalo Bill" Cody, famous frontier scout,
and his friend White Beaver (Dr. Frank Powell), who served four terms as mayor
of La Crosse in the 1880's and 1890's. Dr. Powell received the name White Beaver
from Sioux Chief Rocky Bear for saving the life of his daughter. He was made chief
Medicine Man of the Winnebago Nation in 1876 after successfully treating Chief
Wee-Noo-Sheik.
La Crosse, La Crosse County Wisconsin.
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