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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
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| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1877-12-27 | Weather | Plowing and cultivating of land continues. Logs running freely in river. Trees budding. |
| 1877-12-01 | Music Hall | Lit by gas for first time. |
| 1877-12-01 | Laundries | First-class laundry run by Mr. & Mrs. Hodge, American Laundry 1888. Chinese laundry here in basement of Frawley Building. |
| 1877-11-30 | Street Railway | Franchise for street railway granted to Amansa E. Swift of Gas Company. Fare to be 10 cents. |
| 1877-10-31 | Fires | Norden Hall now occupied by Byron Buffington burned. Big fire in wooden stores on Water St. and 4th Ave. (City Drug store, J.F. Ellis law office, Kneer Bros. harness shop, M.J. Argard grocery, Sam Kliener meat market, Eau Claire Lumber Co., flour mill. Loss $50,000 caused by friction in pulley. Engine #2 bungled, could not attach hose. |
| 1877-10-01 | Blue Mills | John Barron died of apoplexy. Came in 1857. Built flouring mill on Otter Creek with H Clay Williams bought Blue Mills & sold flour mill. Hard times came & Co. formed to purchase mill now called Badger State Mills. He was in mercantile business at death. |
| 1877-09-30 | Street Railway | Question of street railroad from depot to Shaw town is being agitated. |
| 1877-09-30 | Blue Mills | John Barron died of apoplexy. Came in 1857. Built flouring mill on Otter Creek. With H Clay Williams bought Blue Mills and sold flour mill. Hard times came and corporation formed to purchase mill now called Badger State Mills. He was in the mercantile business at death. |
| 1877-08-31 | East Side Schools | School census. |
| 1877-08-31 | West Side Schools | In 3rd District school census shows decrease of 30. Gives figures by wards. |
| 1877-08-01 | Post Office | Mail route between EC & Rice Lake will be open in September, semi-weekly & will go through Moose Ear, Cook's Valley & Sand Creek. & Shetck. |
| 1877-07-31 | Minnietta | Sank in 5' of water at Rumsey's Landing. She had been in use only 14 days after being repaired form hole made by logs. |
| 1877-07-31 | Lumbering | Most mills shut down, no logs, dry spring. |
| 1877-07-01 | Amusements | Many went to St. Paul for game between White Stockings of Chicago & Red Caps of St. Paul. |
| 1877-06-30 | Gas Company | EC Gas Co. will lay 5 miles of pipes upon the principle streets. Will employ 60 to 75 men up to November 1. |
| 1877-06-30 | Street Improvements | Farwell St. being gravelled. Will cover sand. |
| 1877-06-30 | Porter's Mills--Northwest Lumber Corporation | Porter bought out interest of partners in farm at mill of Northwest Lumber Corporation and erected large dwelling there. 1878 has telephone between mill and office. |
| 1877-06-14 | County School System | This issue has interesting article. |
| 1877-06-01 | Amusements | PT Barnum's big show booked for July 18 |
| 1877-06-01 | Upper Valley House | The settlement in the vicinity of EC House is growing rapidly & becoming quite a town of itself. |
| 1877-05-31 | Gas Company | Mr. Swift, President of EC Gas Co. purchased grounds for the works in 5th Ward from Dr. Alexander. |
| 1877-05-31 | Street Improvements | Improvements in grading 5th Ave. from Methodist church to Water St. |
| 1877-05-31 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Water mill burned. One hundred twenty-five men will be out of work. Built in 1871 at cost of $65,000. |
| 1877-05-01 | Post Office | EC Post Office sold to satisfy claim of EW Sprague for brick. Sold for $8,501 to HH Hayden. |
| 1877-04-30 | Eau Claire County | Mills Jeffers bought old Courthouse for $200 & will move it to Barstow Street near his own store & fit it up for a house. |
| 1877-04-30 | Captain E. E. Heerman | Has four boats, Ida Campbell, Iowa City, Union & Minnietta. |
| 1877-04-30 | Moniter | Owned & run by Carlisle Brothers. Enlarged & repaired, runs between Reeds & Durand. |
| 1877-04-30 | Ida Campbell | Making regular trips, connects with Minnietta calls daily. |
| 1877-03-31 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Warehouse near old steamboat landing burned. |
| 1877-03-31 | Lumbering | Too little water for successful log drive. |
| 1877-03-01 | Music Hall | Ole Bull gave concert in hall. Famous for "Mocking Bird." |
| 1877-02-28 | Union | Will engage in towing on the Mississippi. |
| 1877-02-28 | Minnietta | Running on Chippewa. |
| 1877-02-28 | Iowa City | Will engage in towing on Mississippi. |
| 1877-02-28 | Ida Campbell | Now of Captain Heerman's Line, will run on Chippewa. |
| 1877-02-28 | Dells Improvement | About thirty men employed, wages $1 per day with out board. |
| 1877-01-04 | Dells Improvement | Contract for Dells dam let to JH McIntyre and Corporation of NY for $120,000. To do work this winter. |
| 1877-01-01 | Post Office | First mail to Rice Lake weighed 35 pounds. |
| 1876-11-30 | Dells Improvement | Dells Improvement Corporation announces $100,000 subscribed and $20,000 paid. |
| 1876-11-30 | Steamboats | This year a total of 186 steamboat arrivals, number of passengers carried up Chippewa 7,650. Average price per head $2.50. |
| 1876-11-30 | Lumbering | Lumber manufacturing barely able to hold own last three or four years due to little navigation, low price of lumber and no booming facilities. |
| 1876-06-30 | Odds and Ends | Custer's Last Stand. |
| 1876-05-31 | Jerome | Built in EC River by EC Lumber Co. flat bottom propelled by steam wheel. |
| 1876-05-31 | Lumbering | Trade not quite so brisk and lumber not bringing such high prices this season. |
| 1876-04-30 | Borden, BW | Side wheeler owned by Daniel Shaw Lumber Co. 20 couples go on it on excursion to Lake City. |
| 1876-04-30 | Clyde | Owned by Ingram & Kennedy. |
| 1876-04-30 | B. W. Borden | Side wheeler owned by Daniel Shaw Lumber Co. 20 couples go on it on excursion to Lake City. |
| 1876-04-30 | Lumbering | $15,000 appropriated for deepening channel between EC and mouth of Chippewa River. |
| 1876-03-31 | Moniter | Running. |
| 1876-03-31 | Minnietta | Running. |
| 1876-03-31 | SJ Sherman Lumber Corporation | Piers of Boyd and Sherman Mill swept away. |
| 1876-03-12 | Christ Episcopal Church | Organizing Sunday School. |
| 1876-03-09 | Weather | 4' snow on upper Chippewa. Icicles extend from roof to ground. |
| 1876-03-09 | Dells Improvement | Dells bill passed Senate. |
| 1876-02-29 | Poor Farm | Poor Farm sold, cost too much to run, inmates not being able to work and children too far to go to school. |
| 1876-02-29 | Quarries | Bluff above Little Niagra being quarried. |
| 1876-02-18 | Odd Fellows | New German lodge organized. Charter members listed. |
| 1876-02-10 | Amusements | Redding Society meets in homes of members. |
| 1876-01-27 | Weather | Never before present winter has the month of January got so near an end without trains failing even for one day to get into the city on account of snow. |
| 1876-01-27 | City Growth | Letter to Editor: Gradual reduction in city expenses. Police force reduced 1.2 making savings of $8 per day. Four policemen are ample. Wages of janitor & jailor at city building reduced from $.80 per day to $.50. |
| 1876-01-27 | Dells Improvement | Mass meeting. (important article) |
| 1876-01-27 | Organizations and Entertainments | Curling Club formed. More. |
| 1876-01-27 | North Side Schools | Long article about school built 1875. |
| 1876-01-27 | Lumbering | At Tim Horan's camp on south fork of Eau Claire River on 22nd. Twelve horse team put in 198,320' logs, etc. |
| 1876-01-01 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | Committee appointed to plan EH Playter, John Barland, CL James, Arthur Smith, Professor Howland & Mr. Gleason. |
| 1876-01-01 | EC House | William Newton took possession of old EC House yesterday. Brick portion elegantly furnished, wood portion to be renovated. |
| 1876-01-01 | Frawley House | Northwestern Hotel kept by Paul Brunstadt for a time & formerly known as Henneberry House is again open to public. Ed Henneberry, proprietor. |
| 1875-11-30 | Street Improvements | Gibson St. graded up to University Square. |
| 1875-11-30 | Johnny Schmoker | Made 75 mile trip from Reeds against strong current in 10 hours. Best time ever made. Runs regularly. |
| 1875-11-30 | Ida Campbell | Running regularly. |
| 1875-11-30 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Driving a line of piles to protect their farm at lowest end of town from the washes of the Eau Claire River. |
| 1875-11-30 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Building a grain elevator at east end of grist mill forty feet by thirty feet by seventy-five feet high. |
| 1875-12-04 | Captain E. E. Heerman | from "News" (another paper) The number of trips made to this city during past season by boats of Captain Heerman's line is as follows; Minnietta & Iowa City 76, Ida Campbell 46. Total 122 trips. |
| 1875-11-25 | Knights of Pythias | Met at Castle Hall. |
| 1875-10-31 | Street Improvements | Grading of Kelsey St. hill & over is progressing. |
| 1875-10-31 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Building elevator near their grist mill. |
| 1875-10-27 | Library | Library organized. |
| 1875-09-01 | Olinger's Gardens | Still operating. |
| 1875-08-18 | Minor Crimes | Many bears being seen in surrounding sections never so plentiful before. |
| 1875-07-31 | Woolen Mill | WH Moore & Co. have woolen mill on Otter Creek near Hazen's grist mill. Weaves 75 yards of cloth per day. 150 feet up creek from Hazen's. |
| 1875-07-27 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | "Johnnie Hawkins," steam tug built for Ingram and Kennedy at Milwaukee for work above Dells dam was launched at Milwaukee a few days ago. |
| 1875-07-24 | Street Improvements | Sand is ankle deep on upper part of Farwell due to grading of Kelsey St. hill. |
| 1875-07-01 | Norden Hall | In 6th Ward. Hans Lund in charge of work. Charles Bjerke, President of Norden Society. |
| 1875-06-30 | Race Track | Driving Society opens park for July 5 races. |
| 1875-06-30 | East Side Schools | Graduation exercises of 1st graded high school took place at Presbyterian church. |
| 1875-06-30 | Stages | New stage route opened from EC to Rice Lake by E Fox and Co. Fare $4. |
| 1875-06-30 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | Celebrating arrival of RR. |
| 1875-06-01 | Williams House, also Windsor House | Extensive repairs. Furnace being made by Noah Shaw's foundry. Outside to be bricked. |
| 1875-05-31 | Dells Improvement | United States Engineer Corps arrived to survey Dells. |
| 1875-05-31 | Organizations and Entertainments | Barnum's Show coming to EC. |
| 1875-05-31 | B. F. Weaver | Steamer of Ash Line made first landing at levee. |
| 1875-05-06 | City Growth | Survey of addition beyond University Square recommended, streets laid out. Some time ago road from ferry to lake ran through unbroken forest & not a house was further north. Oak Grove well named, really was dense foliage. |
| 1875-05-06 | Library | Ask for money from council. |
| 1875-05-06 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Old Marston Mill now owned by Ingram and Kennedy burned. |
| 1875-05-05 | Jail | Jail located on Doty St. between Main and Gray destroyed by fire. |
| 1875-05-01 | Amusements | Sharpshooters, Norwegian Organization drilling. More. |
| 1875-04-29 | Street Improvements | Hill behind school in 5th Ward being graded down adding another vanished landmark. Of the woods which 5 years ago covered 6th Ward, hardly a vestage left. |
| 1875-04-29 | Fires | Entire block of wooden buildings opposite Eau Claire Lumber Co. store burned to ground before engine came. Buildings were occupied by W.H. Bailey paint shop, E. Stearns shoe shop, Jess Black barber shop, William Burns dwelling and American House kept by Peter Hart. More. |
| 1875-04-29 | Dells Improvement | CF filed injunction to prevent city from building Dells dam. |
| 1875-04-15 | Fire Department | New fire steamer called the GE Porter held a trial run with old one named WH Bailey. New one threw a stream 4 minutes sooner than old one. Distance about same. |