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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNB_the-norway-house-the-birthplace-of-alexander-wiley_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Built in 1871 by Alexander Wiley Sr. and Nels Elikson, the rooming house over the years was home for hundreds of immigrants, lumber jacks, mill workers, farm hands and log drivers (known as river pigs). In 1887 Wiley Sr. became the sole owner and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSN7_site-of-the-chippewa-sugar-beet-factory_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
In 1904 on this 25 acre site between the Chippewa River and the Soo Line Railroad tracks, sugar processing became a new industry in the Chippewa Valley. The Chippewa Sugar Company was incorporated and a huge six-story sugar beet factory was constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSMI_cook-rutledge-mansion_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
In September of 1873 James Monroe Bingham, a local attorney, State Assemblyman, and future lieutenant governor of the State of Wisconsin, purchased this land which had just been plotted as Block 14 of the Western Addition to the City of Chippewa F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSL2_trinity-united-methodist-church_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
As early as 1846, Methodists were meeting in Chippewa Falls, with Thomas Randall preaching to his neighbors in a boarding house owned by the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company. On March 10, 1860, Reverend Thomas Harwood, the first assigned minister,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKY_first-presbyterian-church_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
First Presbyterian Church is the oldest Protestant Church in the City of Chippewa Falls. It was organized in 1855 by Rev. W. W. McNair. The first services were held in a log cabin 12 x 14 feet located on the east bank of Duncan Creek, just abov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEX_the-jacob-leinenkugel-brewing-company_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Chippewa Fall's oldest industry. In 1867, Jacob Leinenkugel, the son of a Bavarian brewmaster, came to Northern Wisconsin searching for a promising location to build a brewery. He settled on this spot purchasing the land from lumberman Hiram S. Al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEH_hiram-stores-allen_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Hiram S. Allen was born in Chelsea, Vermont and came to the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin in 1834. Here he began a long and flourishing career and an active business life. He built the first grist-mill, the first flour-mill, and the first hotel in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSE1_chippewa-springs_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Millions of years ago the Midwest area of North America was covered by a great inland sea that laid down virgin white Cambrian sandstone. As the sea filled in, most of this sandstone became buried thousands of feet below the surface. The rim howev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9S_the-yellowstone-trail_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Before there were numbered highways in the United States there were names attached to roads to help motorists navigate from town to town or from county to county. In 1912 no one thought in terms of an inter-state highway. However, a small band of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4S_old-mcdonell-high-school_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
This buildinghas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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