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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,601 to 4,700 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1882-06-30 | Stages | The Porterville, Rock Falls and Durand mail still goes by tri-weekly stage and arrangements for changing to a daily mail to be carried by the new RR will not be perfected for a week or 10 days. |
| 1882-06-30 | SJ Sherman Lumber Corporation | Ed Henneberry, with a large force of workmen, commenced upon framework of new Sherman mill. |
| 1882-05-31 | Lumbering | Frank Murray, pilot for Empire, took six strings lumber in one raft to Reed's Landing. Biggest raft ever sent down from EC. Contained forty two cribs, 426,000'. |
| 1882-05-25 | Gas Company | The EC Dells Gas, Light & Coke Co. has shortened name and is now EC Gas Co. |
| 1882-05-11 | Ida Campbell | The "Minnie" just completed for Captain Heerman's line. Ida Campbell taken off river since completion of Minnie. |
| 1882-05-06 | The Minnie Heerman | Made first trip to Durand. Partly built from Iowa City. |
| 1882-04-30 | Organizations and Entertainments | Sells Brothers Circus on EC Lumber Co. farm. |
| 1882-04-27 | The Minnie Heerman | New boat just completed for Captain Heerman's line made her first appearance. |
| 1882-04-27 | Fires | Huge fire on west side caused by spark from steamboat (Minnie Herman). Pioneer block on southeast corner of Water and 5th Ave. Burned 63 stores and 19 barns. |
| 1882-04-27 | Fires | Wales Willard, engineer of engine #1 fought fire next to his own home which burned with all contents. |
| 1882-04-20 | Iowa City | Improved & enlarged to take place of Ida Campbell which is to be put on Mississippi for government work. |
| 1882-04-20 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | New road gives things quite a lively air on the west side. There are so many street crossings from Chippewa to the Shawtown bridge that the rule which requires whistling for every crossing keeps up a lively toot from Chippewa all the way down. |
| 1882-04-04 | Christ Episcopal Church | Dispute. |
| 1882-03-31 | Ida Campbell | To be put on Mississippi for government work. |
| 1882-03-31 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Elected officers. |
| 1882-03-31 | Rust-Owens Lumber Corporation | Old Schulenberg mill will be operated by Rust-Owens; improved and repaired and will be run daily at capacity of 50,000. |
| 1882-03-31 | SJ Sherman Lumber Corporation | Sherman Mill property sold to Weyerhauser, Thorp and Rust. |
| 1882-03-01 | Amusements | Society people beginning to talk of card parties. |
| 1882-02-28 | Street Improvements | City Surveyor Weisenfels laying out new St. between Barstow & Chippewa on North side for those who have business with new depot of Valley Rd. |
| 1882-02-28 | Ferries | Hadley ferry running. |
| 1882-02-28 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Much progress made on Chippewa Valley & Superior Railroad in a few days the whole distance from the junction east of the city to lower bridge at Shawtown will have been completed. |
| 1882-02-28 | Rust Owens Lumber Corporation | New corporation capitol stock $220,000. Mill to be ten miles from Cable. |
| 1882-02-01 | Paper Mill | Work begun on flume. Beach in east buying machinery. |
| 1882-02-01 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | James Shaw succeeded late Sam White as General Manager of Phoenix. |
| 1882-01-31 | Gas Company | Gas Company sold to local residents & County. Reorganized President M. Griffin, Vice President George B. Chapman, Secretary Levi M. Vilas, Treasurer F. W. Woodward. |
| 1882-01-31 | Electric Company | Brush Electric Co. will build near paper mill. Will build new wheel for their exclusive use. More. |
| 1882-01-24 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | Samuel White of Phoenix Manufacturing died. Came to EC in 1862. Entered partnership with Graham, R Tolles & Esau Tarrent in 1865. |
| 1882-01-24 | West Side Schools | Long article on schools. |
| 1882-01-12 | Big Heart Silver Mine | History of mine. |
| 1882-01-10 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Article on William Pond & his silver mine revealed to him by Big Heart. |
| 1882-01-05 | Y.M.C.A. | Y over 110 Kelsey St. |
| 1882-01-05 | West Side Schools | Garfield school building spent $2,100 in 1881. |
| 1882-01-01 | Amusements | Skating rink on Chippewa near gas works |
| 1882-01-01 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | Huge celebration, 12,000 to 15,000 on streets railroads bring special cars here. More. |
| 1882-01-01 | Germania Hall | Old building on River St. known as Germania Hall will be raised & rented. (802 Hobart) |
| 1881-12-31 | Fires | Warehouse of A.H. Stevens caught fire. |
| 1881-12-31 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Chippewa Valley & Superior Railroad track being laid on west side. |
| 1881-11-30 | West Side Schools | West side has following schools: Washington, Garfield, Lincoln and Jefferson. |
| 1881-10-31 | Fire Department | EC fire engine put on flat car and taken to CF to fight a fire, but fire out an hour when it arrived. |
| 1881-10-20 | Floods | More about flood. |
| 1881-10-20 | Newspapers--Free Press | Office partly demolished when building collapsed due to high water. |
| 1881-10-20 | Temple of Honor | Temple Hall partly demolished from undermining of foundations by high water. |
| 1881-09-01 | Galloway Hotel | Fred Hanson of Galloway looking for lighter bus. |
| 1881-09-01 | Paper Mill | Beach makes city proposition for starting mill. |
| 1881-08-31 | Street Improvements | Hill on EC St. above upper bridge improved with thick covering of shingle shavings. |
| 1881-08-31 | Floods | Heavy rains create another flood. |
| 1881-08-31 | Steamboats | Boats now make landing at what was known as the Germania Building. |
| 1881-08-31 | East Side Schools | Teachers at Howland's school Nettie Porter, Mrs. E. J. Culver, Mary Button, Lizzie Tinker, Jennie Churchill, Hattie Foster & Lillie Ross. |
| 1881-08-04 | Kelley & Howard Building | Store to be occupied by GB Chapman & Co. Upper part 17 office rooms. Near EC House. |
| 1881-08-04 | Y.M.C.A. | Meeting. More. |
| 1881-07-21 | Library | Library has 2,060 books. |
| 1881-07-21 | Organizations and Entertainments | Shubert Club organized. More. |
| 1881-07-21 | Labor and Labor Unions | Mills shut down. |
| 1881-07-21 | Weslyn Seminary | Sold grounds for school for $5,500. Building to be repaired and used this term. |
| 1881-07-07 | Iowa City | Chartered by government. |
| 1881-07-07 | Ida Campbell | Will run this end of river again. |
| 1881-07-07 | Odds and Ends | Two people married by mistake. They meant to be Godparents of a child. Later re-married in Chippewa Falls. |
| 1881-07-07 | Old Settlers | Settlers assemble to organize club. More. |
| 1881-07-07 | Labor and Labor Unions | Mill workers strike for shorter hours. |
| 1881-06-30 | Old Settlers | Old Settlers meet again. More. |
| 1881-06-23 | City Growth | Boom hit EC, much building; 1st Ward has 34 buildings, mostly residences. 2nd Ward 28 tenements, 13 businesses. 3rd Ward 13 new buidings; 4th Ward 5 new; 5th Ward 10 new; 6th Ward 46 new; 7th Ward 25 new; 8th Ward 29 new; total 203. |
| 1881-06-23 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | The efforts to start a Railroad from Mississippi to Lake Superior being pushed by David Shaw & W. A. Rust of EC plus men from Minnesota, Milwaukee & William Wilson of Menomonie. |
| 1881-06-01 | Amusements | Bathing popular below Dells, & at mouth of Little Niagara. |
| 1881-05-31 | The Minnie Heerman | Arrived with 7 raft crews. Citizens can't charter boats for excursions any more because government now demands life preservers for each passenger, buckers, axes. |
| 1881-05-31 | Floods | Traces of flood all gone. |
| 1881-05-21 | Niagara House | Some history |
| 1881-05-19 | EC House | Addition added to south side to join will of Kelly & Howard block, hotel barn on Barstow on river bank on east side of street. |
| 1881-05-19 | Niagara House | Burned up. One of 1st buildings in EC. Served whiskey, pork & beans for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Menus improved later. Full of bed bugs. |
| 1881-05-01 | Galloway Hotel | Turkish baths being put in. |
| 1881-05-01 | Olinger's Gardens | James McMahon leased Olinger's garden in 8th Ward & will conduct it during summer as 1st class pleasure place. Will be resort of highest respectability. |
| 1881-04-28 | The Minnie Heerman | E. E. Heerman. |
| 1881-03-31 | Silas Wright | Belongs to Northwest Lumber Co. left with raft. |
| 1881-03-31 | Minnietta | Sold by Captain Heerman to U.S. Government for $4000 & will remain on the Missouri. |
| 1881-03-31 | Iowa City | Arrived in EC, Chet Hall, pilot, Captain Eli Minder. |
| 1881-02-28 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Company will be known as Empire Lumber Company since Kennedy retired. |
| 1881-01-06 | EC House | Bill of fare on New Years Day like that of Galloway House with Buffalo tongue, loin of antelope, pigs feet, peach fritters & English plum pudding. |
| 1881-01-06 | Galloway Hotel | Gives elegant bill of fare for New Years Day. |
| 1881-01-06 | WI Hotel | Hotel on north side cost $3000. |
| 1881-01-06 | Ladies Aid Society | Gives 8th annual report, aids families with clothes, food, wood, furniture, medicine and garden supplies. Has 25 members. |
| 1881-01-06 | Race Track | Racing in streets New Year's Day. |
| 1881-01-06 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | Spur track on west side completed, $49,000. RR bridge over Chippewa $25,000 (complete cost of bridge to be $50,000) |
| 1881-01-06 | Lumbering | Gives cut of all mills for 1880. |
| 1880-12-31 | Water Works | Water Co. organization to erect water system. |
| 1880-11-30 | The Minnie Heerman | Will run this year. |
| 1880-11-30 | Ida Campbell | To run this year. |
| 1880-12-01 | Niagara House | Repaired & opened by George Britton whose Britton House burned in September. |
| 1880-10-31 | Gas Company | One hundred street lights to be put up at cost of $27 each. |
| 1880-10-31 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Eau Claire Lumber Company best organized. Lists worth of several men. |
| 1880-10-31 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | Extention of EC & CF Railroad east to Wisconsin Central will be completed this week. |
| 1880-10-31 | Lumbering | Will be eight thousand men in Chippewa woods this winter and nearly as many cattle and horses. If weather favorable, loggers hope for one hundred million more logs than ever before. |
| 1880-09-30 | Fires | Six buildings burned at 3rd and Oak. |
| 1880-08-12 | Hollen Clothing Store | Mr. Hollen on north side enlarging clothing store. |
| 1880-08-12 | Northside Catholic Church | Cornerstone will be laid next Sunday. |
| 1880-08-12 | City Growth | Picture map of EC drawn by JJ Stoner of Madison. |
| 1880-07-25 | Wilson Building | Work commenced on Wilson building Barstow & Kelsey. |
| 1880-07-25 | Ferries | J.D. Hadley sueing Cal Harmonson for running ferry in defiance of Hadley's charter. |
| 1880-07-22 | Organizations and Entertainments | Henry Ward Beecher lecturing in EC. |
| 1880-07-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Mr. Hadley suing Cal Harminson for running ferry in defiance of Mr. Hadley's charter. Suit decided in favor of Hadley who will purchase Harminson's boat. |
| 1880-06-24 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Captain Rundle taken contract for bringing old bridge timbers back to city for $900. Old bridge can be replaced using considerable new timber. Can be built so west side outlet will be on State St. Mr. Hadley operating two ferries now. |
| 1880-06-18 | Williams Block | Old William's Block on Barstow being repainted & renovated. |