Historic Map - Chippewa Falls, WI - 1906

Chippewa-Falls, Wisonsin [sic] county-seat of Chippewa County 1907. H. W., sk.

Historic map of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, published by H. Wellge in 1906, reprint. Jean Brunet built the first dam in Chippewa Falls in 1836. French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur first discovered the Chippewa Spring near the river around 1700. The name "Chippewa" comes from a pronunciation of the name of the Native American tribe "Ojibwa".

While logging was still leading the economy of the town in 1906, with rail lines connecting Chippewa Falls with the major shipping destinations, the map shows other industries emerging. The first railroad to arrive in the region, the West Wisconsin Railway, established a line from St. Paul, Minnesota to Milwaukee, passing about 10 miles south of Chippewa Falls, with a depot in Eau Claire. In the 1870's, the Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Railway installed a line from Eau Clair to Chippewa Falls. The Wisconsin and Minnesota Railway then joined the Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Railway in 1880, going westward. In 1881, the Chippewa Falls & Northern Railroad, built a line north that extended to Superior.

Photographs and illustrations inset in the margins of the following businesses are included on the map:

• Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co.
• Opera House Block.
• Chippewa Falls Furniture Co.
• J. Leinenkugel Brewing Co.

Features numbered & lettered references to the following locations:

1. Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co.
2. Chippewa Valley Mercantile Co., Wholesale Grocers.
3. Chippewa Shoe Co.
4. Gotzian Shoe Co.
5. Hand Made Boot & Shoe Co.
6. Mason Shoe Co.
7. Stanley Manufacturing Co.
8. Northwestern Manufacturing Co.
9. J. Leinenkugel Brewing Co.
10. Chippewa Milling & Elevator Co.
11. Chippewa Sugar Co.
12. Chippewa Falls Furniture Co.
13. Chippewa Springs Co.
14. Stanley House.
15. Ottawa House.
16. Commercial House.
17. Union House.
18. Goulet Brick Yard.
19. Farmers Produce Elevator.
20. Chippewa Canning Co.
21. Chippewa Creamery Co.

1. Chippewa County Court House.
2. City Hall.
3. Post Office.
4. High School.
5. Public Schools (6).
6. Parochial Schools (2).
7. Churches (13).
8. Electric Light Plant and Gas Works.
9. Depot Wiconsin Central and C., M. & St. P. Ry.
10. Depot "Omaha" Railway.
11. Opera House Block.
12. Carnegie Library.
13. St. Joseph's Hospital.
14. Fair Grounds.
15. Irvine Park.
16. County Asylum.
17. State Home for the Feeble Minded.
18. City Water Works.