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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,501 to 4,600 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
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| 1883-12-06 | City Growth | Population now 17,000. Business interests doubled & quadrupled in capital investment. |
| 1883-12-06 | Chippewa Valley Medical Society | Organized in office of Dr. Day. More. |
| 1883-12-06 | Lumbering | Gives lumber cut in 1883. |
| 1883-11-22 | Mollie Mohler | Sunk on bar below Beef Slough. Think it ran against a snag. |
| 1883-11-22 | Dells Improvement | History of Dells Dam. |
| 1883-11-22 | Indians | Several Chippewas in EC. |
| 1883-10-18 | Eau Claire Hospital | Treated 50 patients so far, sent medicine to 200 men in woods free of charge. |
| 1883-10-04 | Opera House | Opened October 1st with "King for a Day" by Emma Abbott Opera Co. |
| 1883-10-04 | Race Track | Driving park leased by Clements, will improve. |
| 1883-09-20 | Opera House | 124 tickets sold at $25, next seats cost $10. |
| 1883-09-20 | Private Schools | Description of Kindergarten and teachers. |
| 1883-09-20 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | Extension of branch line to CF being graded. Route to go north along Forest St. from depot yards west of North Barstow St. & pass under Omaha RR Co. bridge. This is branch of Milwaukee & St. Paul RR. |
| 1883-09-18 | Organizations and Entertainments | Schuetzen Park Society 2nd anniversary. 240 members. |
| 1883-09-13 | Bridges - EC River | New Barstow St. bridge opened up. Gas Co. laying mains needs extension of sidewalk from north approach to connect with walks along North Barstow. |
| 1883-09-13 | Frawley House | MS Frawley purchased hotel on northeast corner of Barstow & WI will raise it up and make new front of stores. |
| 1883-09-08 | The Minnie Heerman | Captain Malin in charge arrived at Shawtown bridge from Reeds Landing loaded with oar stems fro some of the mills. Officers complained of detention at bridge waiting for opening of the draw. |
| 1883-09-06 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Council accepts three bridges built across Chippewa by HE Horton. |
| 1883-09-06 | Opera House | Construction pushing ahead. Tickets for opening night selling for $25 apiece. |
| 1883-09-06 | Paper Mill | Mill turning out 3 1/2 tons per day. |
| 1883-09-06 | Eau Claire County | Renovation of county building completed. |
| 1883-09-06 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | DR Moon President of Northwest Lumber Corporation. |
| 1883-08-30 | City Growth | 200 dwellings & 100 businesses built this year. Long list of names & addresses. 3rd Ward grading new streets toward banks of Little Niagara. In Wilson's addition lots that could hardly be given away two years aga, now considered most desirable. |
| 1883-08-30 | Private Schools | Kindgarten on River between Seaver and Grey cost $3,000. |
| 1883-08-23 | Land Office | Large number of lots sold on Summit Ave. from $300 to $350. |
| 1883-08-16 | Ferries | Dells Lumber Co. to operate ferry by mill, will accommodate 2 teams at once. |
| 1883-08-16 | Fires | $3,000 fire at home of Frank Fletcher, 429 Chippewa St. Several lengths of hose burst. |
| 1883-08-16 | Second Ward School (also called Thorp or Boyd) | Lots not bought after all. Price too high, $45 more needed. |
| 1883-08-16 | West Side Schools | One thousand nine hundred eighty seven children in district. |
| 1883-08-09 | Street Improvements | Several new street crossings made on 5th Ave. & contiguous street. |
| 1883-08-09 | Poor Farm | HE Shepard, Superintendent of County Poor Farm says five inmates at present, only two able to render assistance. Raising some crops. |
| 1883-08-09 | Woolen Mill | Woolen mill refitted. Isaac Rausch, supervisor. Turns out flannel, stockings, yarn etc. |
| 1883-08-09 | W.C.T.U. | Ladies petition city council for pumps downtown. |
| 1883-08-09 | Stages | Mondovi Stage Line has new 3-seated covered coach, under new management. |
| 1883-08-03 | EC House | Owners sold barn & lots to Andrew Jackson for $10,000. |
| 1883-08-03 | City Growth | River St. promises to keep pace with other locatlities. Thomas MC Gowan has commenced new dock along Chippewa River in rear of Luce's blacksmith shop & will erect one or more store buidings soon. Two more store buildings on Opera House site started. One to face Barstow & one River St. |
| 1883-08-03 | Y.M.C.A. | Director for rooms. |
| 1883-08-03 | Second Ward School (also called Thorp or Boyd) | Buying land for Thorp School. (District 3) |
| 1883-08-03 | North Side Schools | School census shows 1,140 including Dells. |
| 1883-08-03 | West Wisconsin Railroad | Excursions to Lake Minnetonka $4.30 round trip. Repair shops moves to Altoona. |
| 1883-08-03 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Received orders to sell tickets to Ashland $3 round trip. Get rid of hay fever & get a breath of fresh air. Hotel Chequamegon rates reduced to $3 per day to excursionists only. |
| 1883-08-02 | Second Ward School (also called Thorp or Boyd) | Board bought 6 lots from EC LCo. addition for $1,300. Price very low. |
| 1883-07-31 | West Side Schools | Repairs to be made to 3 schools. |
| 1883-07-12 | Drummonds | Brick layers commenced new wholesale grocery for D. Drummond. |
| 1883-07-12 | Trunk Factory | Mr. J. Young & brother open trunk factory in basement of Post Office building. |
| 1883-07-12 | Eau Claire Hospital | New building on N. Barstow, will house 45. More. |
| 1883-07-05 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Northwest Lumber Corporation store was on southeast corner of Barstow and Main Streets. |
| 1883-06-30 | Flouring Mills | Washington Grist mill owned by John J. Kelley burned, oldest mill in county. Loss $8,000. $4,500 insurance. Will rebuild larger. |
| 1883-06-01 | Dells Brewery | Destroyed by fire at northwest corner Hobart & Elm. |
| 1883-06-01 | Leinenkugels (Dells) Brewery | Destroyed by fire at northwest corner Hobart & Elm Streets. |
| 1883-05-31 | Poor Farm | County Poor Farm bought in Town of Union, 50 acres for $25,000. County poor being cared for at hospital all moved to farm - 6 in number. |
| 1883-05-31 | Knights of Pythias | Entire upper floor Opera House leased to Knights of Pythias. |
| 1883-05-31 | Business Colleges | Mr. Shaver building up fine commercial school. |
| 1883-05-31 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Tried experiment of employing girls to sort shingles. They are more dexterous than boys and use more care. Pay from $30 to $35 per month. Can pack from 20,000 to 25,000 shingles per day. |
| 1883-05-10 | City Growth | Building boom in EC has extended to Mt. Tom. Surveyors laying out lots on EC Lumber Co.'s farm on Eastside of road from NB Rundle's property toward Little Niagara. Recent sales from EC Lumber Co.'s lots to ME O'Connell, Captain John Kelley, Mr. Owens, Frank Bouchard, S. Hurd, Mr. Hubbard. Within a year or two that portion of city will contain 250 or more new houses. Building boom extending toward the western portion of the flat of University hill. Large number of handsome residences. |
| 1883-05-10 | Fires | Pioneer Lumber Co. mill burned, loss $50,000. |
| 1883-05-10 | Pioneer Lumber Corporation | Worst fire since 1882 burned mills. Loss of $50,000 covered by only $15,000 insurance. Mill was erected in 1880-1881; known as the Wilson Mill. In 1881 a stock company was organized and it was incorporated as Pioneer Lumber Corporation, Inc. by Capt. Wm Wilson of Menomonie, Isiah Hale, WE Harrison of Ft. Madison, IA; EN Wilson of EC. Hale was President, Wm Wilson was Vice President and Treasurer with BF Wilson as Secretary. |
| 1883-05-01 | WI Hotel | Paul Branstad deposed of his hotel, WI House in 8th Ward. |
| 1883-04-30 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Johnnie Hawkins now owned by Dells Imp. Company |
| 1883-04-12 | Bridges - EC River | Lower bridge across EC floated away in spring rise. Spans passed underneath Chippewa bridges. Was erected during winter of 1871-72 by Graham, White & Co. |
| 1883-04-12 | Parks | Building a park and zoological garden on 15 acres secured from D Breeze for five years. It is 1/4 mile north of Sherman Lumber Co. mill. Will spend from $1,500 to $2,000 clearing underbrush and improving. |
| 1883-04-06 | Lumbering | New Empire mill nearly completed. |
| 1883-03-12 | Captain E. E. Heerman | Writes of building new boat to run on Devil's Lake. |
| 1883-02-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Work on pilings stopped by injunction served on city by Pioneer Lumber Co. Injunction over ownership of land. Hearing before Judge Bundy. Injunction made permanent. |
| 1883-02-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Iron for Shawtown bridge has arrived & work of raising structure commenced. |
| 1883-02-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Iron for Shawtown bridge has arrived & work of raising structure commenced. |
| 1883-02-01 | Opera House | Subscriptions amount to $40,000. Board of Directors. More. |
| 1883-02-01 | Paper Mill | Running day and night. |
| 1883-01-31 | Electric Company | Incorporators are G. T. Thompson, H. H. Hayden & J. E. Cass. |
| 1883-01-31 | Fires | Bad fire on North Barstow. Lists establishments. |
| 1883-01-18 | Eau Claire Times | Times edited by NB Spencer in 2nd floor of old Wychoff Building at southwest corner of Barstow and Gibson. |
| 1883-01-01 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Mine incorporated at $100,000. Gives incorporators. |
| 1883-01-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Contract for driving piles for the several bridges has been let to JF Hanscome |
| 1883-01-01 | Monongahala House | Burned site of Manongahala House may have another hotel. |
| 1882-12-31 | Electric Company | Brush electric running a line of poles from Bridge St. to Water St. & up Water to Pioneer block. |
| 1882-12-31 | Ladies Aid Society | Doing commendable work among the poor. |
| 1882-12-31 | Eau Claire Hospital | Twenty two inmates. More. |
| 1882-12-31 | Y.M.C.A. | Visiting logging camps. |
| 1882-12-31 | Lumbering | Accidents in woods unusually frequent this winter. Hardly weeks without fatal or serious one, etc. |
| 1882-11-30 | Organizations and Entertainments | Schuetzen Park on east side. |
| 1882-12-21 | Paper Mill | Begins operation. |
| 1882-10-31 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Mill illuminated by three electric lights. |
| 1882-09-30 | Electric Company | Hall P. Brown of Brush Electric Light Co. to operate 18 lamp machines in city. Lists them. Excelsior Company also hanging several lamps. |
| 1882-09-30 | Flouring Mills | George Lockins of Otter Creek bought 1/4 interest in Hazen's mill. |
| 1882-09-14 | Westside Norwegian Lutheran Church. | Building school house in 6th Ward on 2nd Ave. near Chippewa Valley Road, 26 feet by 60 feet. |
| 1882-09-14 | Flouring Mills | Hazen's mill which burned on Otter Creek 2 years ago (February, 1879) was rebuilt, putting in $4,000 worth of improvements. |
| 1882-09-14 | West Side Schools | Enrollment in various schools. |
| 1882-09-04 | German Lutheran Society, St. Johns Church | Cornerstone laid for new German Lutheran church on Gibson St. |
| 1882-07-27 | Hart House | New Hart House three stories corner EC & Farwell 60 feet by 30 feet. Old hotel left standing detached from new & will be dining room. Gas will be used in all 28 chambers & amply supplied with water from a 50 gallon tank on roof which will receive its supply with power supplied by EC Lumber Co. flour mill. |
| 1882-07-27 | Pioneer Lumber Corporation | Improvements $30,000. |
| 1882-07-25 | Stages | EC Mondovi stage has been covered, heretofor in open wagon. |
| 1882-07-20 | Pioneer Block | George Johnson the confectioner, has purchased from EB Craft the lot adjoining the prospective Pioneer block on the west side & will commence the erection immediately of a building upon the plan adopted by the other owners of this valuable property. Mr. Croft still owns the next lot west. Will make Pioneer Block consist of five large & beautiful stores each two stories with pressed brick fronts. |
| 1882-07-20 | Street Improvements | City bridge across outlet to Half Moon $2,400. |
| 1882-07-20 | Flouring Mills | S Marston's 9th Ave. warehouse Lakeside Elevator Co. addition and improvements $9,000. |
| 1882-07-20 | Fire Department | Water St. Engine House #1, two story brick cost $2,500. |
| 1882-07-20 | West Side Schools | Improvements to school house near west side depot cost $850. |
| 1882-07-20 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | A station on the CV & SRR nearest Rock Falls is Cary 1 1/2 miles away & it is altogether likely that quite an important town will spring up at that point. A grain elevator, a store & hotel will be built immediately. |
| 1882-07-20 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Mill rebuilt. Additions to boarding houses $21,400. |
| 1882-07-20 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Building boarding house 80' x 80' for $7,000. Shaw family residence and stables for $20,000; Addition to saw mill, waterworks and fire department at a cost of $25,000. Warehouse $1,000. (109 South Michigan was Shaw office). |
| 1882-07-20 | Lumbering | Valley Lumber Co. will cut 30,000,000. Have four camps, will have two hundred fifty hands. |
| 1882-06-30 | Y.M.C.A. | Meeting house on Price St. Cost $1,200. |