Wisconsin--Commerce
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot Records, 1880-1969
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BI-Eau Claire Micro 27
Summary
Records documenting the railroad's facilities, operations, and personnel in the Eau Claire region including extensive information on agriculture, businesses, and communities in west central Wisconsin. The Eau Claire Depot served as a regional headquarters. Its records contain correspondence of the depot agent with local community agents and with the head office in St. Paul; reports on community business conditions, needs, and the role of the railroad in local industry; blueprints of railroad...
Dates:
1880-1969
John S. Owen Lumber Company Records, 1875-1955
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss E
Summary
Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre...
Dates:
1875-1955