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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,301 to 4,400 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1887-06-30 | Eau Claire Hospital | Add 10 rooms. History. |
| 1887-06-23 | EC Commercial Syndicate | Syndicate formed to bring commerce to EC. |
| 1887-06-16 | Newspapers--Free Press | James H Waggoner, Editor. |
| 1887-06-02 | Stages | Hugh Price found his father's old stage coach at Muscatine, Iowa and had it shipped to Black River Falls where it will be preserved as a valuable relic. |
| 1887-05-17 | Y.M.C.A. | Gym equipment arrived. |
| 1887-04-30 | Flouring Mills | HS Allen's flouring mill burned to ground (CF) |
| 1887-03-31 | Mining Exchange | Several more mining companies formed. |
| 1887-03-23 | Mining Exchange | EC Mining Exchange formed. |
| 1887-03-10 | Crime | John Stoeppler died in Crete, NE, aged 54. One of earliest settlers in EC, coming here when just three or four houses. |
| 1887-03-10 | County School System | School bill passed provides Superintendant of Schools. |
| 1887-03-02 | Old Settlers | Three hundred ten people at banquet. More. |
| 1887-02-03 | Amusements | Dovre Ski Club meet in St. Paul. EC won four out of 10. More. |
| 1887-02-03 | Flouring Mills | Roller Mill paid out $38,000 to farmers for grains. |
| 1887-02-02 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Contract to rebuild Shawtown bridge let for $9500 less value of iron & timbers from old bridge. |
| 1887-02-02 | Madison Street Bridge | Bridge to be replanked with white oak. |
| 1887-02-02 | Water Street Bridge | Piles being driven for bridge, 39 in all. |
| 1887-02-02 | Mining Exchange | Hercules Iron Mining Co. founded. ES Culver President, Charles Huebner Vice President, RK Boyd Secretary, George T. Thompson Treasurer. Capital $400,000. Iron ore found at Knapp. |
| 1887-02-02 | Sports | Ski slide on Mount Tom, Dovri Ski Club. More. |
| 1887-02-02 | Business Colleges | EC Business College started. (Still going August 19, 1906.) |
| 1887-02-02 | SJ Sherman Lumber Company | Sherman Mill bought by EC syndicate, etc. |
| 1887-01-27 | Amusements | Criterion Skating Rink being town down. More |
| 1887-01-27 | Mining Exchange | EC Mining Co. stock at $1,000,000 has 400 acres in Knapp iron district. President Doctor French, Doctor Alexander is Vice President, CL Allen Secretary & Treasurer. Directors EC French, JF Ellis, WA Huyssen & Charles Alexander. |
| 1887-01-20 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Council decided to rebuild Water St. bridge using east abutment & one pier in river left intact by flood of 1884. There will be no draw as before & none of old timbers will be used. Should be done by May. |
| 1887-01-20 | Congregational Church | History of church & on 27th of January. |
| 1887-01-20 | Land Office | Land Office to be moved from River St. to EC Lumber Co. building on EC St. |
| 1887-01-13 | Ferries | Long article about ferry run by Captain M. and story about Mr. Ingram. |
| 1887-01-06 | City Growth | Long article on 1st page describing EC. |
| 1887-01-06 | City Growth | Long description of EC, etc. Population of 23,000 has increased by 10,000 in past five years. Has one of the best opera houses west of Chicago, a dozen fine churches, many lumber mills among the largest in world; flouring mills & other factories including a very extensive paper mill. Hundreds of cozy homes & many costly mansions. Lighted by gas and electric lights, street railways, fine hotels & an immense cold storage plant owned by Mr. Daniels. Three railroads enter EC. |
| 1887-01-03 | Chippewa Valley Hospital | Burned. Was on southeast corner of Elm and River. More. |
| 1887-01-03 | Land Office | Six thousand acres of hardwood land in Chippewa County as been entered in US Land Office at $1.25 per acre. |
| 1887-01-01 | Amusements | Dovre Ski Club active, 30 members, slide on Mt. Tom. |
| 1887-01-01 | Marston's Hall (also called Weber's Hall) | Hall still being used. |
| 1886-12-31 | Y.M.C.A. | Y over P.O. corner Kelsey and River. |
| 1886-12-31 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Train leaves Minneapolis 12:10 p.m. arrives EC 3:45 via New Richmond & CF. |
| 1886-12-31 | Omaha Railroad | Omaha train leaves Minneapolis 1 p.m. arrives EC 5:30 & in Chicago 7 a.m. |
| 1886-12-02 | German Evangelical | Church dedicated. |
| 1886-12-02 | Street Railway | Have 9 new cars. Description. |
| 1886-11-18 | Flouring Mills | Chappell sold some stock to RK Boyd who will be Vice-President and Secretary. |
| 1886-09-30 | Chautauquan Society | Alpha Circle graduated 4 year course. More. |
| 1886-09-23 | West Side Schools | Building on corner of Cameron and Bellinger being fitted for school for overflow from Lincoln school. |
| 1886-09-02 | Amusements | Circus on EC Lumber Cos. farm foot of Farwell |
| 1886-08-26 | Amusements | Barnum's circus coming in 3rd Ward. |
| 1886-08-12 | Crops and Prices | Milk gone from 20 to 18 quarts for one dollar. |
| 1886-08-12 | Street Railway | Assigned to A. G. Bradstreet of New York City. Will be improved. Cars every 10 minutes. 3rd Ward line extended to Little Niagara. |
| 1886-08-05 | German Evangelical | Work begun on church 30 feet by 48 feet at Beach & Babcock. |
| 1886-08-05 | Street Railway | People riding for fun of putting nickel in box. |
| 1886-07-15 | Woolen Mill | Four looms run constantly, carding machine & knitting machine. |
| 1886-07-15 | Library | Annual meeting. More. |
| 1886-06-24 | Weather | Hail storm in Porterville area several inches deep on ground, some 3" diameter, Destroyed crops in a few minutes. |
| 1886-06-24 | Flouring Mills | Otter Creek River Mills filed articles of Inc. AD Chappell, President; Henry Cousins Vice-President and Treasurer; GW Lockin, Secretary; Capitol stock $25,000. |
| 1886-06-24 | Private Schools | Not enough scholars, may not open in fall. |
| 1886-06-06 | Board of Trade | Resolved to ask US Government for Post Office building & office building. |
| 1886-06-03 | Eastside Methodist Church | Norwegian Methodist church being erected 6th & Chestnut. |
| 1886-06-03 | City Growth | Street commissioner directed to look up a hay market. |
| 1886-06-03 | Water Works | Filtering river water. |
| 1886-06-03 | Water Works | Filtering river water. |
| 1886-05-20 | Congregational Church | Cornerstone arrived. |
| 1886-05-13 | Flouring Mills | CE Hazen and Co. sold Otter Creek mill at AD Chappell. OW Lockin, one of old owners in charge of mill which will be fitted with new machinery. |
| 1886-05-13 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Will not pile lumber in EC yards anymore, but raft it to St. Louis and ship more from there. |
| 1886-05-13 | Lumbering | Capitalists going heavily into hardwood in Northern Wisconsin. Very little used in EC yet. |
| 1886-05-06 | Swedish Lutheran Church | Bought lot corner Beach & Mill St. in 6th Ward. Will build $3500 church. Organized 1883, membership 60. New church will be 15th in city. |
| 1886-04-29 | Northside Norwegian Lutheran Church | To be enlarged, cut in half, moved back & wing added in middle in shape of cross. |
| 1886-04-22 | Weather | High water. Chippewa at 12' point and rising. Log jam 3 miles in extent formed at Big Bend. |
| 1886-03-25 | Water Works | First annual meeting. |
| 1886-03-18 | St. Patricks Church | Dedicated. |
| 1886-02-18 | Weather | Snow to date 67". |
| 1886-02-11 | Weather | Heaviest snow since '56-57 when it was 4' deep and cut the legs of cattle due to thick crust. |
| 1886-01-28 | Gas Company | Annual meeting; McGriffin President, D. R. Moon Vice President, L. M. Vilas Secretary, David Drummond Treasurer. |
| 1886-01-14 | City Growth | Public & private improvements in EC: 1870--$538,732, 1871--%250,000, 1872--$366,000, 1873--$593,000, 1874--$527,305, 1875--314,421, 1880--$302,790, 1881--$500,000, 1882--$1,031,075, 1883--$500,000, 1885--$612,450 |
| 1886-01-14 | Water Works. | Description of system. |
| 1886-01-14 | Sewer System | Large mains laid last summer Barstow & other streets on north side, also on First on east side. |
| 1886-01-14 | Gas Company | EC Gas Co. originated in 1882 & successor to EC Dells Gas Co. organized in 1877. Has 14 or 15 miles of mains & capitol stock of $45,000. |
| 1886-01-14 | Electric Company | Good article. |
| 1886-01-14 | Dells Improvement Corporation | Annual meeting. |
| 1886-01-14 | Railroads in General | Transportation facilities first class. Omaha line connected 1870 (then West Wisconsin) from east to west. In 1881 Chippewa Valley division of CM & St. Paul made EC prominent objective of its 4000 miles of road. Later the control of Wisconsin & Minnesota Road by West Central opened connections with all points of importance in Wisconsin & the northwest. More recently construction of Superior & Bayfield branches of Chippewa, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. |
| 1886-01-06 | West Side Schools | Enrollment figures. |
| 1885-12-17 | Water Works. | Works complete and accepted by city. More. |
| 1885-12-17 | East Side Schools | East side schools closed because of diptheria. |
| 1885-12-03 | EC Book and Stationary. | Filed articles of incorporation. Incorporators are: Jane E. Putnam, JF Balcom, & MH Balcom. Capital stock $10,000. HF Balcom of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived to manage it. |
| 1885-11-26 | Lumbering | Gives cut for 1884. |
| 1885-11-19 | Methodist Church | Foundation started for Norwegian Methodist Church at 6th Ave. & Chestnut. Been meeting in YMCA. |
| 1885-11-12 | Cary Transfer Co. | In express business. |
| 1885-10-29 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Miner in shaft when dynamite exploded, unhurt. |
| 1885-10-29 | Street Improvements | First Ave. restoration started. Part from Kelsey St. bridge to CM & St. Paul bride taken out by flood. |
| 1885-10-29 | West Wisconsin Railroad | New depot to be built on N. Barstow. Will be similar to other Omaha depots. Old building will be used for freight. |
| 1885-10-29 | Omaha Railroad | New depot to be built on N. Barstow. Will be similar to other Omaha depots. Old building will be used for freight depot. |
| 1885-10-15 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Shaft now 70 feet deep. |
| 1885-10-15 | West Side Schools | Seven west side schools closed because of diptheria. |
| 1885-10-08 | Temple of Honor | Temple to be revived. More. |
| 1885-09-24 | Flouring Mills | New grist mill between 2nd and 3rd Ave. built by Britton and Sons. |
| 1885-09-24 | Jail | State inspector call EC jail worst possible, lice, bed bugs, stench, etc. One on east side not quite as bad as west side. Poor farm #1 condition. |
| 1885-09-10 | Organizations and Entertainments | Schuetzenverein weekly concerts in park. |
| 1885-08-20 | Eau Claire Hospital | Hospital memberships sold. |
| 1885-08-20 | Library | Library in Post Office building. |
| 1885-08-16 | East Side Schools | 710 children in district. |
| 1885-08-13 | Census | EC County 34,772 gain of 14,780 in five years. Milwaukee largest with 156,209, Oshkosh 22,064, EC third in size, La Crosse 21,633. |
| 1885-08-06 | Census | 1st ward 4,061, 2nd ward 2,465, 3rd ward 1,843, 4th ward 1,631, 5th ward 1,827, 6th ward 4,158, 7th ward 2,595, 8th ward 2,673, total 21,668. Increase of 11,435 in five years. |
| 1885-08-06 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-07-30 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Leased to Ashland Syndicate. |
| 1885-07-23 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |