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Steamboat at Ingram & Kennedy's
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View of the town and Chippewa river, with a steamboat in the center along the riverbank. A smaller boat is next to the steamboat, with a man standing either in the boat or on the shore. The surrounding hills are in the distance. The tallest structure is perhaps a church towards the right.
1870
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water
1870
Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One building has a sign that reads: "Ingram & Ken...
Ingram Residence
1885
Exterior of the Ingram residence in winter, home of the wealthy lumberman O.H. Ingram.
Ingram and Pinkum Sawmill
1880
View from high bank across the river of the Ingram and Pinkum sawmill (left), Ingram and Kennedy mill (right), later incorporated as the Empire Lumber Co. In between the mills is a rafting shed.
Eau Claire's First Presbyterian Church
1865
Presbyterian Church, built in 1857, the first church building in Eau Claire. From a lithograph in the margin of an early map.
First Congregational Church and O.H. Ingram Residence
View down a street of the later rendition of the church, with the O.H. Ingram residence behind it on the right.
