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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 3,501 to 3,600 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1905-02-12 | Luther Hospital | Scandinavians of district meet to start hospital. |
| 1905-01-16 | Sacred Heart Church | Quote from paper of 1858 about first building. |
| 1905-01-16 | Lumbering | Picture shows "indignation meeting" 4th and Niagara. |
| 1905-01-07 | Water Street Bridge | Old bridge closed to traffic and sold to Mr. Stilp two years ago. Must be removed. |
| 1905-01-05 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Board of Directors consider applications. |
| 1905-01-04 | McDonough Co. | Picture of first traction engine ever invented to run on sleigh runners over ice roads now in successful operation by Northwestern Lumber Co. Manufactured by Phoenix. |
| 1905-01-04 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | First traction engine ever invented to run over ice roads on sleigh runners, made by Phoenix (picture). |
| 1904-10-02 | Street Railway | Picture of street cars, open sides with curtains. |
| 1904-09-02 | Odds and Ends | Carrie Nation talks at Horseshoe Island. |
| 1904-08-21 | Fire Department | Daniels resigns after 17 years. In 1887 fire department reorganized from volunteer to paid. Daniels made chief then. Picture of several companies. |
| 1904-08-01 | Clark & Ingram Bank | William Carson is now Vice President, Coffin Cashier, TB Keith Assistant Cashier. |
| 1904-07-24 | Olinger's Gardens | Sunday School picnic. |
| 1904-07-24 | Ritchie Clark Furniture Factory | Stock subscribed. Will open factory in old Acme Mill on Water St. |
| 1904-07-20 | Crops and Prices | Lufkin operates Riverside Gardens south of EC, makes big shipment of vegetables to Duluth. |
| 1904-07-14 | Crops and Prices | Strawberry crop, 34 car loads shipped from EC. |
| 1904-07-01 | Parks | Drive up Mt. Tom opened. |
| 1904-06-19 | Street Improvements | Main St. hill opened up & shale put on, wooden gutters. Less grade than Grand Ave. |
| 1904-06-15 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Road sold to Milwaukee Road. |
| 1904-05-21 | Odds and Ends | Article on autos in EC: 7-9-04, 11-17-04, 6-11-05, autos and 4-29-06 picture of EC auto. |
| 1904-04-27 | EC Light & Power Co. | Merged with Chippewa Valley Electric RR Co. All property & franchise goes to railway Co. Wheeler will represent Appleyard interests and will control local affairs. |
| 1904-04-23 | Census | City has 17,547, in 1900 was 17,517 & 1899 was 17,415. (What are you going to believe?) |
| 1904-04-22 | Library | Full report of building and opening. |
| 1904-04-22 | Labor and Labor Unions | Teamsters organize. |
| 1904-04-20 | Electric Company | Judgment reversed. |
| 1904-04-02 | Crime | Dan Burns strikes aged mother in forehead with a hatchet at home 415 Chestnut. Mike Christianson who occupied front of house heard screams & found Burns & mother. Mother 80, Dan 50, a laborer probably temporarly insane. |
| 1904-04-01 | Clark & Ingram Bank | OH Ingram President, WK Coffin Vice President & Cashier, CW Lockwood Vice President, EJ Lenmark Assistant Cashier. Otto Von Schrader Assistant Cashier. Capital $100,000 surplus $20,000. |
| 1904-04-01 | Crime | Court has assigned Alex Meggett to defend accused & District Attorney Bartlett prosecutor. |
| 1904-03-25 | Galloway Hotel | 20 rooms with bath, electric elevator, steam heat. Rates $2 to $3 per day. James H. Wade, proprietor. |
| 1904-03-25 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | Good picture. |
| 1904-03-25 | Urheim Drug | At 120 South Barstow. |
| 1904-03-25 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | Good picture. |
| 1904-03-25 | City Growth | Things manufactured here are: mill machinery, paper, culphite, boots & shoes, office fixtures, furniture, candy, logging sleighs, furs, boxes, refrigerators, hams & bacon, linen goods, shingles, steel ceilings, dress stays, beer, mattresses & canned goods. Many of wares made in EC are sent all over globe. Three out of 13 saw mills survive. |
| 1904-03-25 | EC Light & Power Co. | 318 Gibson St. George B. Wheeler, manager. |
| 1904-03-25 | Mills | Good picture of WJ Davis Milling Co. Successor to Wilke-Davis Milling Co. office 315 EC St. Lakeside Elevator corner of 9th Ave. and Broadway. |
| 1904-03-25 | Eau Claire Times | First issue dated August 21, 1857. |
| 1904-03-24 | Newspapers--Free Press | Some history of Free Press. |
| 1904-03-24 | Newspapers--The Leader | Brings newest duplex perfecting press to EC. First in Chippewa Valley. Prints both sides of sheet and folds paper in one operation. |
| 1904-03-05 | Gas Company | Company at 124 S. Barstow. |
| 1904-03-02 | Old Abe | Stuffed body burned in capital. |
| 1904-01-31 | Dairy Industry | First mention of northern WI as dairy land. |
| 1903-11-19 | Parks | City accepts gift of 13 acres on Mt. Tom from Wm. J. Starr, FL Whetstone and EC National Bank. |
| 1903-11-13 | Old Abe | Mrs. Daniel McCann tells of capture, 1861. |
| 1903-10-02 | Bridges - Chippewa River | First bridge had draw at one end. In busy season one boat a day went up to CF. Sometimes toll keeper had to get up at night to let a boat through. |
| 1903-09-23 | Williams House, also Windsor House | EM Farwell opens restaurant in old Windsor House. |
| 1903-09-23 | Drummonds | Incorporated with stock of $125,000. David Drummond President. On May 1, 1872 he became junior partner in firm of Brooks & Drummonds, meat market on north side. In 1881became sole owner. In 1883 organized firm with brothers called Drummond Brothers. Yesterday Drummond Brothers dissolved & present firm incorporated. John Vice President, Duncan Treasurer, Daniel G. Calkins Secretary. Capital 500 hogs per day plus cattle & sheep. Ship all over US & Canada as well as Europe. |
| 1903-07-17 | Water Street Bridge | First bridge built 1880, carried away by flood of 1884, 15 miles down river. Present structure built 1887 by Horton Co. of Rochester, MN. Condemned & closed to traffic August 15, 1901 by BF Parks. Three appropriations made by council but vetoed by Mayor Rowe. Planking being taken up. |
| 1903-07-16 | Octagon House | Being torn down. Andrew Jackson lived there a generation. Built by Kidder in 1856, McNair lived there in 1857. GE Porter lived there afterwards. Putnam lived in it later. Jackson came to EC in 1858. |
| 1903-06-22 | Kate O'Meara | A schooner built in EC just before opening of Civil War near the Dells Pond. Dr. Noble now lives in O'Meara house. Launching after picnic aboard & 15 people went on board and sailed down river & to Galvaston, Texas where she was sunk by General Butler. Took 2 months to take trip. Edward Henneberry & sister went along. Ed Henneberry & John O'Mears built boat. |
| 1903-06-20 | Post Office | Full story of controversy. |
| 1903-06-19 | Madison Street Bridge | North approach collapses. Many injured. |
| 1903-06-19 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Mill starts when last of railroad complete to bring logs by train. |
| 1903-06-09 | Old Abe | Some history of Old Abe. |
| 1903-05-16 | Lange Canning Co. | First carload of canned peas goes to Japan. |
| 1903-04-12 | Congregational Church | History by Mr. Kidder. |
| 1903-04-07 | Library | Contract awarded Hoeppner Bartlett. |
| 1903-04-05 | Baptist Church | History of church by Reverend Frederick Hatch. |
| 1903-04-05 | St. Patricks Church | History of church & school. |
| 1903-03-22 | Odds and Ends | Mary Walmsley says Dowie is Elijah. |
| 1903-03-18 | Old Abe | Statue of Old Abe on Navy annex building, Washington D.C. |
| 1903-02-10 | Visiting Nurse | Organized. More. |
| 1903-02-08 | Sacred Heart Church | Good history of church & school. |
| 1903-02-07 | Post Office | Charles W. Churchill filed five deeds for property wanted by government. Mrs. WH Bushnell was paid $2000 for corner River & Jones, Mrs. Francis Faast $1525 for property on River St., Walter Bonnell $2300 for property on Barstow, EC Savings & Loan $900 for property on Barstow, Cook-Kerr corner still to be secured. |
| 1903-02-01 | Linen Mill | Undergo improvements, SS Kepler & OH Ingram buying up stock. Buy out WP Bartlett. |
| 1903-01-25 | Farwell House | LW Farwell had Farmer's Exchange on Water St. in '60's. Afterwards built Farwell House once resort of wealth & fashion, now small pox hospital. |
| 1903-01-25 | Wigwam | Picture and article locates wigwam on corner of 4th near Water St. "Old shack on right hand side" Used for political rallies in presidential elections of 1864. |
| 1903-01-25 | City Growth | Picture of Water St. in 1860's with Ida Campbell at dock & article on steamboating. |
| 1903-01-11 | East Side Schools | Professor Brasure in charge of Bartleet & Lockwood schools. |
| 1903-01-01 | Central House | Central House, Edward Burkhard, proprietor 516 Galloway St. 35 years ago this house opened by father of present proprietor. 32 rooms $1 per day. |
| 1902-12-30 | City Growth | Crops & business good. Several new industries & only four failures. Small population increase. |
| 1902-12-27 | Odds and Ends | Five or six EC families gone to Zion, IL to live with Dowie. |
| 1902-12-04 | Galloway Hotel | Sold at sheriff sale for $15,000 to Frank Brown of Madison. |
| 1902-12-04 | Lumbering | Two mills to run next summer, Shaw and Dells. |
| 1902-11-27 | Paper Mill | Fire damages new $7,000 office. |
| 1902-11-07 | Galloway Hotel | Rebuilding will cost $22,000. |
| 1902-11-06 | RL Meader Co. Gile-Smith Candy Factory. | Corner Dewey & Galloway. Open, wholesale only. |
| 1902-11-02 | Sacred Heart Church | School has 290 pupils, six teachers under Father Weidmann. Church newly frescoed. |
| 1902-10-21 | Odds and Ends | Governor Robert LaFollette to speak in EC. |
| 1902-10-18 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | Surveying for new bridge across Chippewa to straighten out curves in road on west side. New bridge to be near where Old Milwaukee road used to be, through Moores farm & strike present right of way near County farm. |
| 1902-10-10 | City Growth | 2nd & 3rd Wards, 5, 7, & 8 registration lists. |
| 1902-09-30 | Library | Council ok's Hinrich site. |
| 1902-09-27 | Rusk Land Co. | Composed of LV Ripley, Henry L. Levy, Thomas & AJ Keith, PC Atkinson & DeAlton Thomas. Buy out Rosholt Real Estate. |
| 1902-09-23 | Olinger's Gardens | Theodore Hobbs rented & refinishing building. |
| 1902-09-12 | Bailey House | Old landmark goes. Favorite resort of river men. As many as 20 steamboats Captains & their officers put up there in one day. Business boomed on Water St. Couldn't put up stores fast enough. CF got supplies from steamers here as did woodsmen, also Chippewa County. It was nothing to pay our $2,000 per day in wheat alone. Bailey House always full, bar did an immense business. Then came railroad & it fell on the west side like an untimely frost. |
| 1902-09-08 | Dunphy Boat Works | Cass Dunphy secured old Gas Works site. JT Joyce in firm. |
| 1902-09-07 | Lumbering | Last log brought down Eau Claire River by Nw Lumber Co. Entire history of logging in EC given. |
| 1902-09-06 | Frawley House | Mrs. Lanphear leased Frawley House for Institute. Will recondition. Has 73 rooms plus dining room. |
| 1902-09-02 | Galloway Hotel | William P. Hart new landlord. |
| 1902-09-02 | Theaters | Bijou in KP building opened last spring. More. |
| 1902-08-09 | Flouring Mills | Five elevators ready for business. |
| 1902-07-11 | Post Office | Churchill site to be cleared in 60 days. |
| 1902-07-10 | Clay Beds | Kaolin beds to be used for pottery & paving bricks. Incorporated at $250,000. Men are Patrick, Thompson & CT Bundy. To be called EC Vitrified Brick Co. |
| 1902-07-09 | Clay Beds | Clay beds being developed in Seymour on EC River. 1600 acres discovered 15 years ago by James Patrick. George T. Thompson to be active in company. |
| 1902-06-24 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | Making six logging locomotives. |
| 1902-06-20 | Post Office | Cook-Kerr corner Jones & Barstow appraised at $2725 by court at West Superior. |
| 1902-05-06 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Mill on Eau Claire River starts up. Full supply of logs. Employs 300. |
| 1902-04-22 | Rumsey Line (Steamboats) | John Rumsey died. Rumsey's Landing 15 miles south of city. Came here in 1861. Moved to CF 1874. Died age 74. |
| 1902-04-22 | Flora Temple | Burned in race on Lake Pepin with Novaster. |
| 1902-04-10 | Galloway Hotel | Boiler room fire. |
| 1902-04-05 | Library | Library committee. |
| 1902-03-21 | City Growth | Advertises County map, 1st in ten years showing schools, interurban & railroad lines. |