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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRUL_in-memory-of-all-veterans_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Sergeant Charles E. Mower, Company A, 34th Infantry, on November 3, 1944, was an assistant squad leader in an attack against strongly defended enemy positions on both sides of a stream running through a wooded gulch near Capoocan, Leyte, Philippin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRTO_ronald-p-anders_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
He gave his life to the Jaycees and to his community, in the belief that service to humanity is the best work of life. We shall not forget... Ronald P. Anders Memorial Pure Water Fountain was constructed by the Chippewa Falls Jaycees and Jaycet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQI_notre-dame-church_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Notre Dame was Chippewa County's first church, the Mother church of all area Catholic Churches. Originally called St. Mary's ("Our Lady of the Pines") was a 16' x 18' foot log structure erected in 1856. A carpenter's bench served as the first alta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPJ_reverend-charles-f-x-goldsmith_Chippewa-Falls-WI.html
Charles was born in Rochester, New York. At the early age of thirteen he entered the provincial seminary of St. Francis near Milwaukee. He graduated in 1864 and then entered the American College at Louvain, Belgium. There he earned two divinity de…
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.…
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