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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMO_the-chippewa-valley-electric-railway-co_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This waiting shelter at the northern most point of service is the only physical structure remaining of what was once the 12½ mile long Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls interurban electric streetcar line.
In 1897, Boston financier Arthur Appleyard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQCZ_edward-rutledge-charity_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This building was built in 1917 in memory of Edward Rutledge.
Mr. Rutledge was born in northern Ireland on March 6, 1834. As a child he moved with his parents to South Mountain, Ontario, Canada where they farmed. At age 16 Edward and his two b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ43_the-federal-building-early-mail-service_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This Federal Post Office Building was built in 1910 at a cost of $90,000. The property was purchased from the Thornton estate for $10,000. The Neo-Classical design style was often used by governmental architects of the Treasury Department during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ1C_site-of-the-hiram-s-allen-home_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This Columbia Street site was the location of the ornate pioneer mansion built by Hiram Stores Allen. Called the founder of Chippewa Falls, Hiram built the first grist-mill, the first flour-mill, and the first hotel in Chippewa Falls. He operated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZO_site-of-the-mason-shoe-factory_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Chippewa Falls was born with the logging era and with it came support industries such as shoe factories. One of the most important tools for the loggers was strong boots. In 1869, Colliche Vinette was the first shoemaker to come to town. The area …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZ9_the-marsh-rainbow-arch-bridge_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
The City of Chippewa Falls was organized around two moving bodies of water, the Chippewa River and its tributary Duncan Creek. Bridges soon became necessary with rapid expansion of the transportation system in the late 19th and early 20th century.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPYS_william-irvine_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
William Irvine was born in Mount Carroll, Illinois of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He came to the Chippewa Valley when he was 14 years old to work for his brother-in-law, who was captain of a raft boat towing lumber from Chippewa Falls to Mississippi Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPXD_irvine-park-drive-bridge_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
The Irvine Park Drive Bridge was an example of a Pratt bridge construction, which was a design used in Wisconsin from 1895-1910. The Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Company fabricated the bridge in 1907. The structure originally crossed Duncan Creek on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL5_in-memory-of-old-abe_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
The soldier bird who was captured in Chippewa County by Chief Sky and taken to Eau Claire by Daniel McCann of Eagle Point. With Company "C" of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment, he participated in twenty-five battles of the Civil War and was afterward…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKUI_cadotte-trading-post-site_Cadott-WI.html
In 1787, Michel Cadotte, famous Madeline Island fur trader, had a trading post nearby on the Yellow River. Here Michel Jr. was born, and another son, Jean Baptiste, is said to be buried on the river's bank. Robert Marriner built a dam at "Cadotte …