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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9Y_old-abe-the-war-eagle_Jim-Falls-WI.html
In the Spring of 1861 a band of hungry Chippewa Indians came to the McCann farm just across the river from here and traded a young eagle for corn. The eagle became a family pet. When Company C, 8th Wisconsin was organized at Eau Claire for Civil W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92V_old-abe-the-war-eagle_Jim-Falls-WI.html
This wayside is part of the old McCann farm, childhood home of Old Abe, the War Eagle. In the Spring of 1861 a band of hungry Chippewa came to the McCann farm and traded a young eagle for corn. The eagle became a family pet. When Company C, Eighth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM88G_the-cobban-bridge_Jim-Falls-WI.html
The Cobban Bridge, constructed in 1908 by the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, is a two-span Pennsylvania overhead truss type bridge and is the oldest of its kind in Wisconsin. Originally it crossed the Chippewa River just upstream fro…