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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,901 to 5,000 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1875-04-15 | Floods | Ice jam gave way, etc., very interesting. |
| 1875-04-01 | Albany | Belongs to Ash. |
| 1875-03-31 | Minnietta | Institutes Captain Heerman's line with Iowa City. |
| 1875-03-31 | Iowa City | Minnietta & Iowa City constitute Captain Heerman's line. |
| 1875-03-31 | Ida Campbell | An independent, is managed by Hank Carlisle, Captain & leasee. |
| 1875-03-31 | Albany | Belongs to Ash. |
| 1875-03-31 | Steamboats | Steamboating on the Chippewa will open this year between EC & Reeds mroe lively than any year since war came. The steamers Albany & Moniter of Commodore Ash's line, the Minnietta & Iowa City will constitute Captain Heerman's line. The Ida Campbell is independent. |
| 1875-03-25 | Eau Claire County | Beautiful iron staircase being erected on Courthouse. |
| 1875-03-25 | Land Office | WP Bartlett appointed Register of Land Office. |
| 1875-01-31 | County School System | Miss Hosford, County Superintendant, took possession of her office in the Court House. |
| 1875-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | New upper EC bridge built by EC Lumber Co. |
| 1875-01-01 | Williams House, also Windsor House | Will hereafter be known as Peabody House. |
| 1874-12-31 | Street Improvements | Hill between University & Kelsey being cut away. |
| 1874-12-31 | Stages | Stages between EC and CF discontinued. |
| 1874-12-17 | City Growth | New City building finished, jail of six cells in basement. Large vault on main floor. Hook & ladder truck housed here. Council chamber on 2nd floor, offices of Clerk & Treasurer, Archives & Police Court. |
| 1874-12-17 | Library | EC Library Association reformed. More. |
| 1874-12-01 | Williams House, also Windsor House | Purchased by Mr. Peabody, a newcomer. |
| 1874-11-30 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Company store opening on EC St. (description) |
| 1874-11-30 | Chippewa Valley Railroad | Last rail on RR to CF laid & first train over it next day. |
| 1874-09-16 | Bank of EC (this may be the same as another bank a | George T. Thompson cashier. |
| 1874-09-16 | Race Track | Races at trotting park successful. |
| 1874-09-03 | Cemetaries | Good road to Forest Hill being constructed. |
| 1874-09-03 | Organizations and Entertainments | Vinton's Band holding open air concerts. |
| 1874-08-27 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | Balloon went up. |
| 1874-07-31 | Liberty Pole in Eau Claire | Liberty pole still has flag on it. Recollections of RF Wilson: First flag raised in CV was on July 4, 1856 at crossing of Dewey and Kelsey Sts. From Marshall Cousins scrap book at Madison Library (page 62): Pole stood near southeast corner of Water and Fourth Sts. East side pole moved from original spot nearly opposite Spafford's Bank and moved to public squire and spliced. |
| 1874-07-09 | Bangs & Fish | Contract for 6th Ward school, $3,800. |
| 1874-07-09 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | balloon a fizzle. |
| 1874-07-09 | Weather | River lowest in 12 years. |
| 1874-07-09 | West Side Schools | Contract for building 5th Ward school let to Bangs and Fish for $3,000. |
| 1874-07-09 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Made big improvement in store on Menomonie St. |
| 1874-06-18 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | 1400 years of silk for balloon ascension. |
| 1874-06-18 | City Growth | Many new homes in 6th Ward. Many of considerable size. Many in vicinity of Chippewa and Niagara. Six large homes on 3rd Avenue, as near each other & as near Bride & Pine as they can be put. |
| 1874-06-18 | Iowa City | New steamer owned by Ash will take place of Moniter. |
| 1874-06-18 | Fire Department | St. Paul fire department accepted invitation to annual parade on 25th. Parade attracted 300 guests from abroad. CF band accompanied their fire department. EC Fire Co. marched to depot in rain accompanied by Victor's Band and Norwegian Band. St. Paul, Minneapolis fire departments, Great Western Band, Minneapolis City Band, ate lunch at Hook and Ladder Company's #1 fire house and marched to west side park for banquet, etc. |
| 1874-06-11 | Ida Campbell | Edward Campbell vs. Arthur M. Sherman reversed by Supreme Court. $15,000 asked. Ida C. siezed in 1870. |
| 1874-06-11 | West Side Schools | Citizens of 6th Ward bought block 14 of Whipple and Bellingers addition for new school, 60'x60', L shaped, 2 stories. |
| 1874-05-21 | City Growth | 6th Ward now has 1000 residents, eight stores, a brewery & a new courthouse. Want another school. Congress St. recently opened between 3rd & 5th & planted with young shade trees. Since practice of conveying dead horses to woods back of University Square was discontinued, the elegibility of the spot as a place for sparking has become generally recognized. |
| 1874-04-04 | Moniter | Henry Ash has contracts with every mill but one to return raft crews on Moniter which he bouhgt from EC Lumber Co. & Ida Campbell which he chartered. They used to send them to St. Paul & back by train. |
| 1874-04-04 | Chapman and Thorp - Eau Claire Lumber Company | Store burned down; will rebuild with stone. |
| 1874-04-04 | Lumbering | Raft crews sent back to Moniter and Ida Campbell. Used to go to St. Paul and back by train. |
| 1874-04-01 | Amusements | Big spelldown at Music Hall. Long article. |
| 1874-03-14 | EC House | Newton will close EC House, oldest in city. Nearly destroyed by fire five times. Will be leased for stores. |
| 1874-03-14 | Galloway Hotel | Will open under management of William Newton who will close EC House. Has 100 rooms. |
| 1874-02-07 | Knights of Pythias | EC Lodge #16. More. |
| 1874-01-18 | Bank of EC (this may be the same as another bank a | WA Rust cashier, FW Woodward president of 1st National Bank. (Is this same bank?) |
| 1873-12-31 | Lumbering | One hundred forty six thousand two hundred fifty nine feet of lumber cut in city in 1873 at $13 per M. Total value of lathe, shingles and lumber $2,073,162. |
| 1873-11-30 | Ida Campbell | Henry Ash running Ida Campbell. |
| 1873-11-30 | Land Office | Land Office closed since last December when destroyed by fire, reopened. |
| 1873-12-20 | Fires | Building opposite Eau Claire House burned. Kerosene poured on back of house occupied by saloon. John Betz shoemaker also destroyed. William Korn tailor and D. Case harness maker, Hunner's brewery in 1st Ward also burned. City should offer a reward for capture of incindiaries. |
| 1873-12-18 | Fires | Gleason's new brick block burned. Metropolitan restaurant, Register's office and Express office burned. Bridge abutments singed. |
| 1873-12-18 | Land Office | Register's office burned. |
| 1873-12-11 | Williams House, also Windsor House | MSP Greenman, host of Williams Hotel will construct rink 50 feet by 124 feet next to hotel. |
| 1873-11-30 | Ida Campbell | Mr. Ash has chartered Ida Campbell. |
| 1873-11-18 | Fire Department | Build new engine house on Eau Claire St. on lot formerly occupied by Dr. Galloway's office. Second story will contain city offices. |
| 1873-10-24 | Westside Norwegian Lutheran Church. | Started. |
| 1873-10-23 | Eau Claire County | History of County in this issue of Free Press. |
| 1873-09-18 | Clark & Ingram | Oldest bank in Clark & Ingram established 1866. Long article follows. |
| 1873-09-09 | Christ Episcopal Church | Cornerstone laid. |
| 1873-09-04 | Fair of 1873 | Fair grounds enclosed by fence. More. |
| 1873-09-04 | Fire Department | City bought hook and ladder trucks from St. Paul. |
| 1873-09-01 | Fair of 1873 | About 2,500 people attended. Receipts $1,500. More |
| 1873-08-31 | Street Improvements | Road constructed up bluff to Fair Grounds. EC River Bank narrowed by filling & deepening channel. |
| 1873-08-28 | Street Improvements | Twelve acre park to be presented to city by EC Lumber Co. |
| 1873-07-10 | Christ Episcopal Church | Digging foundation has commenced. |
| 1873-07-10 | City Growth | 53 houses built on west side. On north side 31 houses and two businesses. |
| 1873-07-10 | Parks | University Square becoming one of our most beautiful and important suburbs. |
| 1873-06-01 | Chippewa House | Brick additions & improvements $4,000. |
| 1873-05-31 | Street Improvements | EC Lumber Co. grading hill between EC St. going up to University Square & the level beside the girst mill. Sidewalk on Barstow repaired to EC St. Been in bad condition since fire of May 1869. Water St. repaired with gravel & cobble sotne. New road to Durand, parallel with the old plank has reduced the later to a ridge no longer available for travel. |
| 1873-05-22 | Central House | Joyce bought last fragment of old Central House. Having it moved. |
| 1873-04-01 | Clark & Ingram Bank | Clark & Ingram's bank caved in & broke in half. Baby on 2nd floor rescued & furniture & clothes passed out through window before it caved in completely |
| 1873-03-20 | Clark & Ingram Bank | Clark & Ingram digging out old cellar of Chandler House preparatory to building their new bank. |
| 1873-03-20 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Eddy Mill about one and a half miles from railroad station on north side, but a good path along ridge behind Mt Simon shortens the distance. Quite a village has sprung up in immediate vicinity of mill. New boarding house accommodates one hundred men. Store did $12,000 worth of business last year. George Gans is bookkeeper. |
| 1873-03-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Council voted bridge to be free after March 1. |
| 1873-01-12 | Ida Campbell | Burned, hull & deck destoyed. |
| 1873-01-01 | Blue Mills | Culver & Rowe bought Blue Mills & improving it. |
| 1873-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | New bridges over inlet & outlet of Half Moon Lake. |
| 1873-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | EC River bank narrowed by filling & deepening of channel. |
| 1873-01-01 | Clark & Ingram Bank | First National Bank of EC started & succeeded to business of Bank of EC. |
| 1873-01-01 | Galloway Hotel | Doctor Galloway's Hotel to have three stories & basement & include brick building now occupied by Mr. Bell. |
| 1873-01-01 | Marston's Hall (also called Weber's Hall) | New hall dedicated. Was formerly Gleason's warehouse & steamboat landing. |
| 1873-01-01 | Music Hall | Rebuilt at cost of $30,000. |
| 1873-01-01 | Post Office | Site of new Post Office to be on northwest angle of Putnam Block, corner Kelsey & River Streets, near bridge. To be brick three stories & cost nearly $20,000 to build & furnish. |
| 1873-01-01 | Post Office | EC to have two mails daily. |
| 1873-01-01 | Northwester Hotel | Clark & Ingram digging out old cellars of Chandler House preparatory to building their new block. |
| 1873-01-01 | Congregational Church | Parsonage cost $3,500. |
| 1873-01-01 | German Lutheran Society, St. Johns Church | German church spent $1,200 on building in 1872. |
| 1873-01-01 | Methodist Church | Methodist Episcopal (ME) Church building cost $17,000. |
| 1873-01-01 | Westside Norwegian Lutheran Church. | Spent $2000 during 1872. |
| 1873-01-01 | West Side Schools | Grounds laid out and fenced. $1,000. |
| 1872-12-31 | Moniter | Bought by EC Lumber Co. for $3000. |
| 1872-12-31 | Newspapers--Free Press | Weekly Free Press becomes a daily. |
| 1872-12-31 | Chapman and Thorp - Eau Claire Lumber Company | Bought Moniter for $3,000. |
| 1872-11-30 | Blue Mills | Culver and Rowe bought Blue Mills and improving it. |
| 1872-11-30 | Race Track | Driving Park to be built on Andrew Jackson's land. |
| 1872-11-30 | Race Track | Horse races at new track, purse $800. |
| 1872-11-30 | North Side Schools | High School occupies high ground between river and railroad and fronts south, commands view of both rivers. Cost $10,200 of brick veneer, for 350 pupils. |
| 1872-11-30 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | OH Ingram purchased Wheaton Mill which shut down some time ago. |
| 1872-11-30 | Porter's Mills--Northwest Lumber Corporation | Porter Moon and Corporation will hereafter be known as Northwest Lumber Corporation. |
| 1872-11-30 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Shaw and Company making extensive improvements. |
| 1872-11-30 | Land Office | Putnam to make park. |