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Chippewa Valley Electric Railway Company

Primary Sources

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

Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls). 12, 16 January, 26 February, 1, 9, 12, 23 April, 1, 27 September, 11 November 1926.

Chippewa Telegram (Chippewa Falls). 17 March 1926.

Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company. Report 1913?. Eau Claire Small Collection 24. (available at Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

The Daily Independent (Chippewa Falls). 22 July 1904; 11, 16, 18 October 1912; 27 February 1913.

Dunn County News (Menomonie). 19 October 1906.

Transcript from Report of Fargo Engineering Company. September 1913. (available at Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Secondary Sources

Chippewa Herald-Telegram (Chippewa Falls). 23 March 1957; 22 January 1980; 29 August 1981.

Poulter, James C. A Historical Study of the Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company. n.p.: n.p., 1972.

Schaaf, Charles. "The Valley Remembered: American Street Railways ... Fifty Years of Streetcars in the Valley." Chippewa Valley Life (Chippewa Falls). February 1996, Volume 3, Issue 1. (availabel at Chippewa County Historical Society)

St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul). 20 August 1972.

Eau Claire Street Railway Company

Primary Sources

Eau Claire Daily Free Press (Eau Claire). 26 April, 11 December 1887; 31 October, 14 November 1889; 11 July, 3, 7, 8 August, 20 September 1899; 25 April, 25 June 1900.

Eau Claire Daily Leader (Eau Claire). 7 January, 20 July 1897; May, 20 July, 4, 6, 8 August, 21, 29 December 1899.

Eau Claire Daily Telegram (Eau Claire). 13, 14 October 1905; 25 June 1914.

Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire). 14 October 1905; 24 June, 30 October, 12, 29 December 1906; 22, 23 March, 15 April 1913; 8 April, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30 June, 3 July, 28 August, 1 November 1914; 29 August 1926.

Eau Claire News (Eau Claire). 4 August 1877.

Eau Claire Weekly Free Press (Eau Claire). 9 October 1879; 25 March, 7 April, 8, 15 July, 5 August 1897.

Eau Claire Weekly Telegram (Eau Claire). 9 July 1897; 5 May, 11, 15 September 1898; 3 August 1899; 3 January, 2 July 1903; 16 February, 29 April, 23 December 1904.

Electric Railways in General

Secondary Sources

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

Hilton, George W. and John F. Due. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1960.

University of Southern California. The Red Cars of Los Angeles. http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/historic/redcars/.

History of Chippewa Falls

Primary Sources

John S. Owen Lumber Company. Papers 1875-1955. Eau Claire Mss E. (available at Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Secondary Sources

Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. http://www.chippewachamber.org/.

Chippewa Falls Public Library. http://www.chippewafallslibrary.org/.

Chippewa Valley Life (Chippewa Falls). February 1996. (availabel at Chippewa County Historical Society)

History of Hallie

Primary Sources

The Daily Independent (Chippewa Falls). 8 July 1909.

Eau Claire Daily Free Press (Eau Claire). 15, 21 July, 12 August 1899; 19 February, 1 March, 22 May 1900.

Eau Claire Daily Leader (Eau Claire). 28 June 1889; 28 June, 9, 23, 29 July 1896; 8 August 1897; 13, 17 July 1898.

Eau Claire Daily Telegram (Eau Claire). 14 June, 1, 10 September 1895; 30 May, 3 June, 26 July, 16 August 1896.

Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire). 6 September 1919; 29 August 1905; 21 June, 3 August 1907; 17 June 1910; 24 October 1915; 6 September 1919.

Eau Claire Weekly Leader (Eau Claire). 14 April 1892.

Eau Claire Weekly Free Press (Eau Claire). 18 July 1895; 8 June, 4, 16, 23, 30 July 1896; 13 May, 17 June, 1 July, 26 August 1897; 28 April, 8 September 1898; 25 May, 8, 15 June 1899.

Eau Claire Weekly Telegram (Eau Claire). 9 July 1897; 14 July 1898; 1 June, 10, 17 August 1899; 1 May, 3 July, 4 December 1902; 22 January 1903.

Secondary Sources

Gower, Ruth. History of Lake Hallie. n.p.: n.p., 1939. (available at Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

History of Wisconsin

Primary Sources

Secretary of State. Vehicle Registration and Finances, 1905-1934. Corporations, Department of the State, Wisconsin.

Secondary Sources

Madison Public Library. http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/ref/mpl_history_genealogy.html.

Wisconsin Historical Society. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/.

Wisconsin Public Television: Wisconsin Stories: Archives. http://www.wisconsinstories.org/archives/.

History of Electricity and Electrification

Primary Sources

Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls). 14, 29 January 1926.

Secondary Sources

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society. http://www.tecsoc.org/.

Chalmers University of Technology. http://www.lib.chalmers.se/cthb/historia/Ekelof/scan/.

Code Electrical Classes & Bookstore. http://www.code-electrical.com/historyofelectricity.html.

The IEE: Exhibitions. http://www.iee.org/TheIEE/Research/Archives/Exhibitons/index.cfm.

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

National Academy of Engineering. http://www.greatachievements.org/greatachievements/ga_1_1.html.

History of the Railroad

Primary Sources

Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls). 12 January 1926.

Secondary Sources

Barger, Harold. The Transportation Industries, 1889-1946: A Study of Output, Employment and Productivity. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1951.

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society. http://www.tecsoc.org/.

Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum. http://www.sdrm.org. (Timeline: http://www.sdrm.org/history/timeline/).

RRHistorical.Com. http://www.rrhistorical.com/.

TrainWeb.Org. http://www.trainweb.org/wyomingrails/rrhist.html.

University of Connecticut. http://railroads.uconn.edu/.