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28 W. River St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company
Reference Number: 94000133
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Roughly, Bridge St. from Columbia to Spring Sts.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Bridge Street Commercial Historic District
Reference Number: 94000648
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16--18 N. Bay St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Hotel Chippewa
Reference Number: 94000598
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Generally Bounded by Coleman St to N, Superior St to NE, Central St to SE, Governor St to SW, and Dover St to NW

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: West Hill Residential Historic District
Reference Number: 100006503
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3 S. High St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: McDonell High School
Reference Number: 82001840
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117 Allen St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Notre Dame Church and Goldsmith Memorial Chapel
Reference Number: 83003369
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505 W. Grand Ave.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Cook-Rutledge House
Reference Number: 74000060
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Spring St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge
Reference Number: 82000642
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236 W. River St.

Community: Chippewa Falls
County: Chippewa
Historic Name: Sheeley House
Reference Number: 85001949
Feature Story

Bank Restoration Receives Preservation Award

First National Bank, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
1873 building's character undermined by remodelings is restored to its Romanesque Revival glory.
Classroom Material

Life in a Lumber Camp

Learn more about life in a lumber camp by using primary sources
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Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo...
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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
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Chippewa Valley Village

Date: 
Description: Winter view of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Valley village.
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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40...
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Trail Through Pines

Date: 1905
Description: Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County.
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Loggers in Bateaux

Date: 1900
Description: Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge.

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