VERY RARE 1914 EAU CLAIRE Augusta Fairchild WISCONSIN WI Antique Book 1ST Ed

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A very scarce and collectible antiquarian historical / genealogical volume, this is an original first edition of: HISTORY OF EAU CLAIRE COUNTY WISCONSIN Past and Present Including an account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County. Editor-in-Chief Judge William F. Bailey Published by C.F. Cooper & Co., Chicago 1914. 1st Ed. 920 pages plus illustrations on un-numbered plates. The first 622 pages are history with the remainder being biographical. 7 1/4" by 10 1/4" hardcover (leather spine & corners, black cloth, gilt lettering). We found NO other available originals in our online search of hundreds of booksellers. CONTENTS of History: I. Island of Wisconsin II. Coming of the Whites III. Carver 's Cave Found IV. Indian Treaties V. The Red Men VI. How Eau Claire County Was Made VII. Townships VIII. Fruits and Berries IX. Agriculture and Dairying X. Eau Claire County Training School XI. Eau Claire County in the Civil War XII. Grand Army of the Republic XIII. Organized Militia XIV. Griffin Rifles XV. Spanish-American War XVI. Courts and Legal Profession XVII. Medical Fraternity XVIII. Old Settlers' Association XIX. Asylum and Home for the Poor XX. Eau Claire Prior to Its Incorporation as a City. XXI. Lumber Interests XXII. Reign of Terror in Eau Claire XXIII. The City of Eau Claire XXIV. Eau Claire Fire Department XXV. Public Schools of Eau Claire XXVI. Floods XXVII. City Parks XXVIII. The Children's Home XXIX. Eau Claire Public Library XXX. Post Office XXXI. Societies and Clubs XXXII. Young Men's Christian Association XXXIII Eau Claire Business Houses XXXIV. Eau Claire Industries XXXV. The Railroads XXXVI. Eau Claire Street Railway and Interurban Lines XXXVII. Newspapers of the County XXXVIII. Eau Claire Churches XXXIX. Banks of Eau Claire County XL. Hotels XLI. Germanism XLII. Norwegians XLIII. City of Augusta XLIV. Augusta Churches XLV. Village of Fairchild XLVI. Pall Creek XLVII. Biography The biographical section includes farmers, merchants, millers, Civil War veterans, manufacturers, tailors, realtors, hotel proprietors, etc., etc. Some of the biographies are accompanied by portrait. Following is a partial listing of surnames found in the biographical section of this work: Allen; Arnold; Ausman; Banister; Barron; Berg; Bonnot; Bostwick; Buffington; Burlingame; Calkins; Carpenter; Carson; Chappell; Churchill; Cheesbro; Cleghorn; Cliff; Coffin; Crandall; Culver; Cutter; Damm; Daub; dean; Dodsworth; Dougherty; Doyle; Drummond; Dunne; Ehrhard; Faast; Farr; Ferguson; Fitzpatrick; Fleming; Fournier Gadsby; Grinsel; Gilchrist; Godding; Gruber; Guthrie; Heiss; Hilsteadt; Hobbs; Hoover; Horel; Howe; Hubbard; Huebsch; Ingram; Jordan; Joyce; Justesen; Kent; Kepler; Kessler; Kildahl; Kinnear; Kirkham; Kopplin; Lanua; Larson; Lenmark; Leonard; Levy; Livermore; Lockwood; Lockerby; Loether; Lubinski; Luebkeman Magadance; Mattison; McCann; McDonough; McElroy; McGrath; Moessner; Moon; Moses; Murphy; Nash; Nerborne; Newhouse; Nickerson; Nygaard; O'Brien; Paddock; Parkinson; Pelletier; Pepper; Petrick; Pond; Polley; Pope; Prescott; Preston; Putnam; Raddatz; Randall; Rickman; Ripley; Roach; Rothstein Schlegelmilch; Schulz; Severson; Sherman; Shipman; Slagsvol; Slawson; Sorlie; Spaulding; Sprague; Stilp; Strandness; Swarthout; Swift; Till; Toeller; Truax; Vance; Van Hovenberg; Victory; Welsh; Wenzel; Westberg; Wethern; Wilcox; Willard; Witherby; Wolf; Works; Wyman; Yule; Zank; Zempel; Zetzman More. Of interest to collectors in the communities of Eau Claire County which include: Altoona; Augusta; Eau Claire; Fairchild; Fall Creek; Allen; Brackett; Cleghorn; Foster; Hale Corner; Hay Creek; Ludington; Lufkin; Mount Hope Corners; Rodell; Seymour; Truax; Union; Wilson. CONDITION: Cover has some rubbing at extremities, leather on spine starting to crack a bit, cloth fraying at edge of rear board. Hinges cracked. Old tape repair to front hinge. Prior owner names on front and rear endpapers and one front endpaper has some edge tears. Some of the engraved portraits have had tissue protectors torn away. Sc... read more

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