Nathan Myrick (July 7, 1822 in Westport, New York – June 4, 1903 in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a fur trader who founded La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1841.
Myrick was in the fur trade in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin before traveling north to establish a fur trading post in what is now La Crosse.
In 1849, he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota to establish more fur trading posts.
[1][2] He was a brother of Andrew Myrick, who was killed on the first day at the Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency.
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