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Historical Overview

1 The Center for the Study of Technology and Society, Today in Technology History: February 25, Last updated November 14, 2003, [See Source ]

2 Forrest McDonald, Let There be Light: the Electric Utility Industry in Wisconsin, 1881-1955 (Madison: American History Research Center, 1957), 22.

3 George W. Hilton and John F. Due, The Electric Interurban Railways in America (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1960), 6-7.

4 Eau Claire Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 31 October 1889.

5 Lois Austin, “The Yellow Streetcar,” Eau Claire County Senior Review (June 1999).

Appleyard's Dream

1 Eau Claire Weekly Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 9 October 1879.

2 Eau Claire Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 26 April 1887.

3 Ibid., 31 October 1889.

4 Hilton and Due, 13.

5 Fargo Engineering Company, Transcript From Report of Fargo Engineering Company, September 1913 (September 1913), 1. [See Source]

6 McDonald.

7 Eau Claire Weekly Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 5 May 1898.

8 Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company. Report 1913(?): 245-51 (Articles of Incorporation, March 29, 1898). [See Source]

Trigger the Switchbox

1 Fargo, 1. [See Source]

2 The Daily Independent (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin), 11, 16, 18 October 1912, 27 February 1913.

3 Fargo, 3. [See Source]

4 Robert E. Epp, Interurban Electric Railway Study: Chippewa Valley Electric Railway Company, (El-Ray Associates for Wisconsin State University Foundation, 1965), 3.

5 Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company. Report 1913(?), 202. [See Source]

6 Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 17 June 1910.

7 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 25 June 1914.

8 McDonald, 162.

9 Epp, 10.

10 Ibid., 21-2.

11 Ibid., 21-2.

Electric Park

1 Eau Claire Weekly Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 14 April 1892.

2 Eau Claire Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 14 July 1895. Eau Claire Weekly Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 18 July 1895.

3 Eau Claire Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 10 September 1895.

4 Eau Claire Daily Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 13, 17 July 1898. Eau Claire Weekly Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 14 July 1898.

5 Eau Claire Weekly Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 15 June 1899.

6 Ibid., 8 June 1899.

7 Ibid., 15 June 1899.

8 Eau Claire Weekly Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 4 December 1902, 22 January 1903.

9 Viola Bean Bremel, “Recollections of Lake Hallie”, Memories of Gower & Hallie, November 1938.

10 Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin), 9 April 1926.

11 Bremel.

End of the Tracks

1 McDonald, 252-4.

2 Ibid., 253.

3 Arthur MacLeod, Chippewa Valley Railroads, Chippewa Valley Museum.

4 Interview with Gail Willi, Chippewa County Historical Society, 22 July 2003.

5 Secretary of State, Corporations, Vehicle Registration and Finances 1905-1934, Volume 1, Department of the State, Wisconsin. [See Source]

6 Epp, 21-2.

7 Epp, 22.

8 Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin), 1 September 1926. [See Source]

Artifacts

1 Eau Claire Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), 31 October 1889.