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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 5,201 to 5,300 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1869-10-28 | Stages | Cars now come as far as Humbird. Stages leave EC 7 a.m. and connect with train going east making stage ride only 7 hours instead of 12 or 18 as before. The car should reach Augusta in about 6 weeks. |
| 1869-10-28 | Stages | WT Price transferred his interest in EC-CF to Hugh Carey who will run daily coaches. |
| 1869-10-28 | Private Schools | Commercial school under Professor Aubrey opened fall term. (broke up same year) |
| 1869-10-28 | Catholic Schools | Concert to raise money for school. |
| 1869-10-14 | Moniter | Sold by Hugh Douglas to La Crosse parties. They in turn sold to Horace E. Houghton & William Duckendorf. |
| 1869-10-07 | Union | New Steamer Union, Captain Heerman came down from CF on her first appearance at our levee. |
| 1869-10-01 | Amusements | Skating rink being enlarged by CE Johnson. |
| 1869-09-30 | Music Hall | Excavating basement corner of Barstow & Kelsey owned by Truax and Thorp. |
| 1869-09-15 | Johnson's Hall | Johnson's Hall in West EC consumed by fire. |
| 1869-09-12 | Union | Raised & repaired hull. Machinery will be put in and ready to run in 10 days. |
| 1869-09-09 | Buildings | Arthur Smith brick home corner River & Gilbert. |
| 1869-09-05 | Northside Norwegian Lutheran Church | Cornerstone laid, 2nd St. corner north of old bridge. |
| 1869-07-31 | West Side Schools | New school to cost $15,000. Entire front to be 90', main part 42'x60', and two wings 24'x32'. |
| 1869-06-30 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Eau Claire Lumber Company and Peter Truax to build three-story building on Kelsey and Barstow (more). |
| 1869-06-30 | The Chippewa | Arrived with 160 passengers, largest load of human freigt ever landed here. |
| 1869-06-10 | City Growth | Passing up 4th Ave. the 1st item that met our eye is the foundation for a photographic gallery being built by NA Preston. Two stories. A little further up is the residence of LE Latimer. WW West building commodious residence directly ooposite Latimers.. Further up near Seminary is house of Ethan Allen. |
| 1869-06-10 | Street Improvements | River St. & 4th Ave. both graded. |
| 1869-06-10 | Street Improvements | River St. & 4th Ave. both graded. |
| 1869-06-10 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Have cut a canal directly from Half Moon Lake to their mill on river. |
| 1869-06-03 | Central House | Huge fire destroyed Chandler House. |
| 1869-06-03 | Chandler House | Incendiary fire in Chandler House barn on Kelsey St. Two horses, one mule & a cow burned to death. Chandler House destroyed. |
| 1869-06-03 | Fires | At quarter to 12 on the 22nd Chandler House barn on Kelsey St. burned so rapidly, flames enveloped 2 horses, 1 mule and a cow. Spread to Chandler House running rapidly through 3rd story which was not plastered. Ignited several buildings across street, also across Kelsey to store owned by Peter Truax in which G.B. Chapman is located. |
| 1869-06-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Total receipts of Chippewa toll bridge from April through June is $2,972 |
| 1869-05-31 | Fires | New location of merchants due to fire. Levi Slingluff in Kenyon's store on Barstow; S.V. Wychoff in new brick building of Matt Kneer adjoining Chandler House; G.B. Chapman with Smith Brothers next to Yankee Clothing store; Andrew Jackson in with Welles Cook and Co. Fire loss in two weeks $150,000. |
| 1869-05-31 | Land Office | Dr. FR Skinner sold business lot next to Schlegelmilch store 25' front to Sommermeyer Brothers for $2,000. |
| 1869-05-20 | Lumbering | More men idle on streets than any previous time. Most of them were on log drives. |
| 1869-04-22 | Silas Wright | Brought 40 Norwegian emigrants who will settle on farms in vicinity. |
| 1869-04-09 | City Growth | Town appropriations $350 balance due on fencing cemetary, $150 for surveying & laying out cemetary grounds, $300 to aid new Town of Washington in building bridge across Otter Creek at Hagen's mill. |
| 1869-04-01 | Amusements | Velocipede race at rink. |
| 1869-04-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Bridge completed in 2 1/2 months. Bridge 582 feet long, four piers. Toll keepers appointed are Tom Lamphere, EC & Fred Kritzner of West EC. Salary $750 per year. It is estimated toll for next six years will more than pay costs. Toll is $.05 per person, $.10 per team. |
| 1869-04-01 | Central House | Renovated & refitted. Stages leave daily for all points. William Ulrich, proprietor. Corner EC & Gibson. |
| 1869-04-01 | Reed's Hall | Burned down. |
| 1869-04-01 | City Growth | Election of village officers to organize under charter granted in 1867. Trustees: JC Callahan President, Gleason, S Marston, JP Nelson, HP Graham, Milo Wyman Treasurer, ES Chase Clerk. |
| 1869-03-25 | Blue Mills | H Clay Williams sold out his interest Barron. |
| 1869-03-25 | Blue Mills | H Clay Williams sold out his interest to Barron. |
| 1869-02-25 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Contract for building approach to bridge on east side let to Amasa Hathaway for $.25 per yard. |
| 1869-02-25 | Fires | Half of CF destroyed by fire. |
| 1869-02-04 | Fires | On January 25 another fire in Beebe and Co. consumed Free Press office. Heavy presses dragged into street. Press leased 2nd floor of Jackson and Brothers store. |
| 1869-02-04 | Newspapers--Free Press | Fire destroys office. Presses dragged into street. |
| 1869-01-14 | Amusements | Formal opening EC skating rink. More. |
| 1869-01-07 | City Growth | Map of EC to be published by MP Bliss surveyor. |
| 1869-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | Work on old bridge across EC progressing. Being done by EC Lumber Co. |
| 1869-01-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Bridges at CF to be built. |
| 1869-01-01 | Music Hall | Three story brick building 52 feet by 102 feet. 3rd story to be city hall. Main floor divided in two, occupied by P. Truax dry goods & DE Brown & Co. hardware. 2nd floor offices. |
| 1869-01-01 | Cary Transfer Co. | Bought interest of WT Price in EC - CF stage & will run daily coaches. |
| 1868-11-30 | Street Improvements | Sidewalks on Farwell being built. Soon will be continous on west side of street down to Newton. |
| 1868-11-30 | East Side Schools | School report lists those who have not been absent or tardy & "those who have not whispered." |
| 1868-11-30 | Porter's Mills--Northwest Lumber Corporation | After fire of May 1864, GE Porter in company with two partners purchased mill for $9,000. Porter was then a poor man but became manager. Mill increased rapidly until it burned in 1867. Next winter DR Moon bought half interest and rebuilt mill and pine lands valued at $90,000. |
| 1868-11-30 | Immigrants | Silas Wright brought forty Norwegian immigrants who will settle on farms in vicinity. |
| 1868-11-30 | Lumbering | Amount of logging short of previous years. Low prices. |
| 1868-08-20 | City Growth | During past year, population of West EC increased by 1/4. 12 or 14 business houses newly opened. Water St. now occupied exclusively by business houses. |
| 1868-08-06 | Newspapers--Free Press | Celebrating ten years growth. History. |
| 1868-07-16 | Eau Claire Lumber Company | Eau Claire River so low water mill cannot operate. Heavy rain for one hour helped grain, otherwise no rain for two months. Bought GH Tobey's hardware store. |
| 1868-06-25 | Aeriel | Being made over for low water. Will take place of Cutter. |
| 1868-06-25 | Niagara House | Reopened with new furniture. |
| 1868-06-25 | Silas Wright | Captain C. Hall now in command. |
| 1868-06-25 | Ida Campbell | Captain Chet Hall commanded last season. |
| 1868-06-25 | Cutter | Aeriel takes place of Cutter. |
| 1868-06-25 | Aeriel | Being made over for low water. Will take place of cutter. |
| 1868-05-21 | Bangs & Fish | Wood manufacturing mill on River St. |
| 1868-05-21 | Chippewa House | Brick addition is opposite EC House. |
| 1868-05-21 | EC House | William Newton built addition. |
| 1868-05-21 | Land Office | EC Lumber Co. disposed of forty lots this spring. |
| 1868-04-30 | Newspapers | Argus is paper of west EC. |
| 1868-04-29 | Amusements | Spelling match between east & west sides. More. |
| 1868-04-23 | Baptist Church | New church being dedicated. |
| 1868-04-23 | Ferries | Billie Gans asks rafts running at night to display lanterns. |
| 1868-04-16 | Mollie Mohler | Makes daily trips to Reeds from EC. Built Carver, Minnesota 1864, tonnage 135.32 |
| 1868-04-16 | Johnny Schmoker | Makes daily trips to Reeds. |
| 1868-04-16 | Ida Campbell | Makes daily trips from EC to Reeds. |
| 1868-04-09 | Cemetaries | Town appropriates $350 balance due on fencing cemetary, $150 for surveying & laying out lots. |
| 1868-04-09 | Silas Wright | O. H. Ingram sold to Rumsey of La Crosse who now has 3 boats on Chippewa. |
| 1868-04-09 | Mollie Mohler | On Chippewa this year. |
| 1868-04-02 | Bridges - EC River | Bridge question settled & law suits withdrawn. Will build new bridge & appropriate $2,500 to repair old one. Special election for purpose of again voting to build Barstow Street bridge. |
| 1868-03-31 | Lumbering | Business prospects dull, not enough water for one mill. |
| 1868-03-31 | Lumbering | Beef Slough boom cut and 12,000,000 logs turned loose. |
| 1868-03-26 | Chapman and Thorp | Chapman and Thorp replacing mill burned down last fall with larger one forty-six feet by one hundred thirty-six feet. Will be model seen in the Chippewa Valley. |
| 1868-03-12 | Bridges - EC River | Thorp writes long article about Dewey St. bridge. Built by Chapman & Thorp at a cost of $4,000. Voting on question of North EC bridge went 110 for & 57 against. Thorp investigators got enough affidavits of people voting for it to show tampering with ballot box. WT Galloway wrote a long rebuttal. |
| 1868-02-08 | Eastside Methodist Church | Methodist church dedicated. |
| 1868-01-30 | Masonic Lodge | Moved into new hall, newly carpeted. |
| 1868-01-16 | The Eau Claire | Clarance Chamberlain clerk on EC now running near Memphis. |
| 1868-01-09 | Central House | William Ulrich original owner & property again assumed propriety of "Chandler House" hereafter will be known as Central House. Ort Foote is clerk. |
| 1868-01-09 | Rumsey Line (Steamboats) | H.T. Rumsey in town getting contracts for hauling freight from LaCrosse to EC for 65 cents per hundred weight. |
| 1868-01-09 | Ida Campbell | Eugene Bullard to command this season. |
| 1868-01-09 | Masonic Lodge | Leased 3 story brick building built by Murgar Brothers. |
| 1868-01-09 | Lumbering | Society for Chippewa Valley Improvement organized. Voted to assess lumber companies not more than $2.50 per hundred thousand feet of lumber, money to go for preventing any legislation to divert Chippewa water. |
| 1868-01-01 | Amusements | Baseball Club formed "Lone Star Club" |
| 1868-01-01 | Amusements | 1st match between Lone Stars of East EC and Crocodiles of West EC. |
| 1868-01-01 | Amusements | Thespian Club organized, RB Richards leader. |
| 1868-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | Town of Washington building bridge across Otter Creek at Hazen's Mill/ |
| 1868-01-01 | Bridges - EC River | Work on bridge again going forward on charter granted to Spafford & Foster by Co. Board. A second injunction served by Chapman & Thorp to stop bridge. |
| 1868-01-01 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Contract for bridge at ferry landing let to CC Smith of La Crosse. Price to be $34,600 promised to be completed by April 15, 1869. |
| 1868-01-01 | Chandler House | William Ulrich original owner & proprietor again assumed proprietorship. |
| 1868-01-01 | Chippewa House | Kneer's new building adjoining Chippewa House ready. |
| 1868-01-01 | Northwester Hotel | William Ulrich original owner of Chandler House again assumed proprietorship. Will be known as Central House. Ort Foote is clerk. |
| 1867-11-30 | Street Improvements | Long sand hill on Sparta Road southeast of town to be planked from top to bottom. |
| 1867-11-30 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Last season Ingram and Kennedy built railroad from Half Moon Lake to their mills for purpose of drawing logs. Car was pulled by horse, but this year they have ordered small engine. |
| 1867-11-28 | Chippewa | Sank in 6' water at Rumsey's Landing, hauled out & repaired. |
| 1867-11-21 | The Eau Claire | Started south with cargo of potatoes. Will be on southern waters during winter. |
| 1867-10-17 | Newspapers--Free Press | To move to new building two doors below Post Office. |