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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,401 to 4,500 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1885-07-23 | Library | Annual meeting. Ask council for $2,500 for books. |
| 1885-07-02 | Telephones | Telephone book has 200 names, making it 2nd or 3rd largest in state. |
| 1885-07-02 | Chautauquan Society | Alpha Circle holds picnic. |
| 1885-07-02 | Eau Claire Hospital | Dr. Ashum |
| 1885-06-25 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-06-18 | Congregational Church | Work started. |
| 1885-06-18 | Chippewa Valley Hospital | Bought Huyssen residence. |
| 1885-06-11 | Cemetaries | Scandinavian Lutheran cemetary north of city dedicated. |
| 1885-06-08 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-06-08 | Eau Claire Hospital | Thirty patients, accident victims. |
| 1885-06-04 | Board of Trade | Goes on record that a flume for water works should be started. |
| 1885-06-04 | St. Patricks Church | Cornerstone laid for new church. |
| 1885-06-04 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-05-28 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-05-21 | Amusements | EC Athletic Association being incorporated at $5,000. More. |
| 1885-05-21 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-05-21 | Lumbering | Cut 35% less than last year. Prices at Beef Slough $9 for #1 and $6 for #2. Very low. |
| 1885-05-14 | Amusements | Baseball Association bought lot. More. |
| 1885-05-14 | Water Works | Strike by men working for water works. |
| 1885-05-14 | Lumbering | Sixteen hundred men employed in mills, 11 hour days, wages range from $1.25 to $4 or $5 per day. |
| 1885-04-23 | The Minnie Heerman | Came up river. |
| 1885-03-12 | Board of Trade | Annual Meeting. Frank McDonough president, George B. Shaw secretary. 86 new members. |
| 1885-03-05 | Bridges - Chippewa River | West approach of new Kelsey St. bridge must be moved four feet to be in center of St. |
| 1885-02-12 | Water Works | Water Works contract awarded Fairbanks Morse Co. |
| 1885-01-29 | Paper Mill | Gives officers. |
| 1885-01-15 | Bank of EC (this may be the same as another bank a | Directors are WA Rust, HH Hayden, WP Bartlett, FW Woodward retires & Smith takes his place. |
| 1885-01-15 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Shipped to Chicago & sold to smelters. |
| 1885-01-15 | Paper Mill | Gives figures for last year. |
| 1885-01-15 | Lumbering | Gives cut for 1884. |
| 1885-01-13 | Jail | New jail nearly completed. Jailer's residence on north and sheriff's office on east and cells on south. Cells in two tiers, one above the other. Four bunks in each. Will accommodate thirty two prisoners. Cost $2,000 less than allowed. WP Bartlett chairman of committee. |
| 1885-01-08 | Bank of EC (this may be the same as another bank a | CW Lockwood taking place of George T. Thompson, cashier; James T. Joyce bookkeeper. |
| 1885-01-08 | Chippewa Valley Bank | George T Thompson will be associated with what is now the Chippewa Valley Bank upon its reorganization. |
| 1885-01-08 | Mining Exchange | Another mining association formed in EC. |
| 1885-01-08 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | First train to come thru from Reed's Landing since great flood inflicted hundreds of thousand of dollars damage on tracks. Shawtown bridge completed this week at cost same as upper bridge, $35,000. Repairs took 4 montsh & cost half a million. |
| 1884-12-18 | B'nai B'rith | Local Lodge which met in EC during past year will meet in CF during 1885. |
| 1884-12-18 | Street Railway | Building of Co.'s new barn on Menomonie St. started. |
| 1884-12-18 | Ferries | Commodore Hadley has been operating his new ferry at the old place 1/2 mile this side of Roach's Island. Boat carries 4 teams at a time. Since river froze partly over, boat will be put in middle making bridge partly natural and part artificial. |
| 1884-12-18 | Flouring Mills | Lowes Creek mill completed. Operated by Chas. Marshall. |
| 1884-12-11 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Will have only eight camps this winter besides six operated by jobbers for the company. All fourteen camps will employ three hundred men; half the extent of last year's logging. |
| 1884-12-11 | Y.M.C.A. | Third anniversary. More. |
| 1884-12-04 | Electric Company | Good article. |
| 1884-11-30 | Vocational Schools | School in charge of Mr Kenealy in basement. |
| 1884-11-28 | Opera House | Refitted throughout, will open early December. |
| 1884-11-28 | Gas Company | All parts of city will have gas by December 1. |
| 1884-11-27 | Lumbering | Lumbering slack in Wisconsin and worse in Minnesota. |
| 1884-11-25 | Y.M.C.A. | Arranged for course of lecture. |
| 1884-11-20 | Flouring Mills | Cresent Mill at Shawtown started up under management of JA Hume & JF Ellis. Put in repair buying wheat, oats & corn. |
| 1884-11-20 | Vocational Schools | School in charge of Mr Kenealy in basement. |
| 1884-11-13 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Gold & silver bullion extracted by new process. |
| 1884-11-13 | Gas Company | Gas mains being laid on Kelsey bridge. |
| 1884-11-06 | Galloway Hotel | Only hotel in US lighted with electricity. |
| 1884-10-23 | Daniel Shaw and Company | River changed course during flood and now the Shaw piles are an obstruction to navigation. Being removed from center of river. |
| 1884-10-10 | St. Patricks Church | Church burned. History. |
| 1884-10-09 | Stages | WT Price of Mondovi new "Honorable." |
| 1884-10-02 | Post Office | Delivery by carriers started yesterday. |
| 1884-10-02 | Ferries | Government steamboat, Minnie Herman, commandeered by Captain Malin employed in removing obstructions to navigation in Chippewa River caused by flood. |
| 1884-10-02 | Floods | Rebuilding bridge. |
| 1884-10-02 | Chautauquan Society | At home of Mrs. E.T. Culver. Officers elected. |
| 1884-10-02 | West Side Schools | New school called Alexander School. Money left from building to be used to start mechanical school. |
| 1884-10-02 | Vocational Schools | Money left over from Alex. School used to start mechanical school. Twenty five pupils, nothing close like it in Wisconsin. |
| 1884-09-18 | Floods | Long article about flood. |
| 1884-09-12 | Floods | Big flood. |
| 1884-08-28 | Post Office | Carrier system to be inaugurated October 1. 45 iron post boxes will be put up throughout the city. |
| 1884-08-28 | Second Ward School (also called Thorp or Boyd) | Thorp school to open September 1. Allie Kemp and Sade McNeal to have charge. |
| 1884-08-21 | Water Works | Controversy in council meetings. Committee open bids. |
| 1884-08-07 | West Side Schools | Bids for new primary school south of Washington school received. To be completed by September 30. |
| 1884-07-03 | Post Office | Business reached $20,000 assures delivery by carriers. |
| 1884-06-19 | Congregational Church | Meet with architect, plan new church. |
| 1884-06-05 | Telegraph | Messenger boys arrayed uniforms. |
| 1884-06-05 | Chippewa Valley Hospital | Incorporated. |
| 1884-06-05 | Jail | County bonds authorized in amount of $20,000 for new jail and jailer's house. Work now in progress. |
| 1884-05-29 | Wilson Building | Basement of Wilson block assumes shape. L-shaped three-stories. Street floor to be Cheap Charley's. Basement & second floor offices. |
| 1884-05-29 | Eau Claire Hospital | Moved hospital to east side. |
| 1884-05-15 | Northside Norwegian Lutheran Church | Northside church would have to be nearly rebuilt at cost of $5,000. |
| 1884-05-15 | Westside Norwegian Lutheran Church. | 200 members, 100 attended meeting report on northside church. |
| 1884-05-01 | Poor Farm | County poor house completed. Eight moved there from city poor house. |
| 1884-04-24 | North Side Schools | New school to replace burned one about same as old one. |
| 1884-02-28 | City Growth | Over 1,000 businesses in city of all kinds. 130 new firms or individuals during past year. |
| 1884-02-28 | Stages | Terminus been EC; Mondovi stage will now go to Rock Falls. |
| 1884-02-21 | West Wisconsin Railroad | Third railroad betwen CF & EC opened. Omaha & Central also has roads. Follows valley of Chippewa entire way crossing river three times. 3 lines will have 14 trains daily each way. |
| 1884-02-21 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | President Colby of Wisconsin Central raised $2,500,000 in Boston to extend road from CF to St. Paul. |
| 1884-02-21 | Lumbering | Revival in lumbering market. |
| 1884-02-07 | Congregational Church | Church building will be moved to Hudson & 3rd. |
| 1884-02-07 | Electric Company | Began furnishing city lights June 1. Contract runs 5 years. |
| 1884-01-25 | Fires | Wilson building on corner of Barstow and Kelsey occupied by "Cheap Charlie." Kaufmann and Bachrach $37,000. Fire wall saved Schlegelmilch store. R.F. Wilson had erected in 1880. |
| 1884-01-24 | Ladies Aid Society | Gives officers, 67 members, assisted 32 families. |
| 1884-01-24 | Salvation Army | Barracks on Water St. (River St.) |
| 1884-01-17 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Buy more land, will sink another shaft. Renamed Enterprise Mining Co. gives officers & directors. |
| 1884-01-17 | Street Railway | Using 44 horses, employs 18 men, 7 cars, runs every 20 minutes. To add more cars with 10 and 15 minute intervals. |
| 1883-12-27 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Line now 40 feet below river. Employ 30 men. |
| 1883-12-20 | Telephones | Now 150 telephones in city. |
| 1883-12-20 | Gas Company | City closed business with gas Co. and has since used gas only for city buildings. Using electricity from Brush Co. Annual cost of electricity $5600 per year. |
| 1883-12-20 | Electric Company | Street lights at 4 new locations. Lists them. |
| 1883-12-20 | North Side Schools | North side high school corner of Wisconsin and Dewey burned. Five hundred pupils in school at time. Saved books and coats. Build in 1875 after First Ward school burned on September 13, 1875. MS Frawley principal. |
| 1883-12-20 | West Side Schools | Washington high school in 3rd district corner of 8th Ave. and Broadway. |
| 1883-12-20 | High School | Washington High School in 3rd District corner of 5th and Broadway. |
| 1883-12-13 | Big Heart Silver Mine | More. |
| 1883-12-13 | Telegraph | Western Union now has 2 lines here to St. Paul. |
| 1883-12-13 | Electric Company | Now running 74 lights for city & private parties. |
| 1883-12-13 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Grist mill and elevator on Prospect St. burned. Loss $25,000. |