As the area was predominantly forest at the time, its primary use was in operating sawmills.Ī large monument to Black River Falls' veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as to local Medal of Honor recipient Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., was erected near the Chamber of Commerce Building at 101 S. History Falls of the Black Riverīlack River Falls was founded to utilize the waterpower of the Black River.
It is home to the administrative center of the Ho-Chunk Nation. The population was 3,523 at the 2020 census. Black River Falls is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.
