Railroads -- Wisconsin --Eau Claire
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander A. Meggett Papers, 1839-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss Q
Summary
Papers of Meggett, Eau Claire, Wisconsin's first lawyer, including correspondence, articles and speeches, biographical data, clippings, and mercantile business account books kept by him and his father, Alexander Meggett, in Chickopee Falls, Mass., in 1839. Correspondence include family letters and exchanges with Wisconsin political figures Jeremiah Rusk and Elisha Keyes. Also included is a biography of Henry Cousins of Eau Claire, and a pamphlet concerning an 1870 railroad celebration at Eau...
Dates:
1839-1947
McKernan Family Papers, 1863-1897
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 185
Summary
The bulk of this collection is comprised of correspondence from 1863-1897 between various members of the McKernan family and their relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The McKernan family began to emigrate from Ireland to the United States c. 1847. In 1856, some members of the family arrived in the Eau Claire area, while others dwelt in Iowa and other parts of Wisconsin. Later on, Thomas (Jr.) and Felix McKernan left Wisconsin to explore the West, before ultimately settling in Eau Claire...
Dates:
1863-1897