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==Legacy== [[File:Washburn Monument.jpg|alt=|thumb|right|upright|Cadwallader C. Washburn Monument and grave site at Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse, Wisconsin.]] The city of [[Washburn, Wisconsin|Washburn]] in [[Bayfield County, Wisconsin]], was named after Cadwallader Washburn,<ref>[http://www.cityofwashburn.org/history.htm Washburn Wisconsin – History<!--Bot-generated title-->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123090416/http://www.cityofwashburn.org/history.htm|date=November 23, 2007}}</ref> as were [[Washburn County, Wisconsin|Washburn County]] in northern Wisconsin<ref>[http://www.co.washburn.wi.us Washburn County Government, Wisconsin<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> and the city of [[Washburn, North Dakota]],<ref>[http://www.washburnnd.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={2546358E-E8E7-414E-9B78-8F1DCD22CC46 Our Rich History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019104353/https://www.washburnnd.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B2546358E-E8E7-414E-9B78-8F1DCD22CC46 |date=October 19, 2021 }}. City of Washburn, North Dakota.</ref> As well as, Washburn Center for Children, and [[Washburn High School]] in Minneapolis.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} [[Washburn Observatory]], at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], was also named for Washburn, who as governor, allocated the money for its construction.<ref>Bob Bless. [http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~varda/Long_Wash_Obs_Text.html Washburn Observatory, 1878: A History].</ref> [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]], where Washburn is laid to rest at his memorial in the Oak Grove Cemetery, has a downtown neighborhood and park named for the former governor and long time resident of the city.
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