Let's go and visit Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
The photos are: 1) Barstow Street looking north, 2) the Graham Riverside Building in downtown Eau Claire, 3) Christ Cathedral Church, and 4) the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 61,704 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County, although a small portion of the city lies in neighboring Chippewa County. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Eau-Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area.
America's Promise named the city as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People in 2007. Eau Claire was among the first Tree Cities in Wisconsin, having been recognized as such since 1980.
America's Promise named the city as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People in 2007. Eau Claire was among the first Tree Cities in Wisconsin, having been recognized as such since 1980.
"Eau Claire" is the singularized form of the original French name, "Eaux Claires", meaning "Clear Waters", for the Eau Claire River. According to local legend, the river was so named because early French explorers journeying down the rain-muddied Chippewa River, happened upon the Eau Claire River, excitedly exclaiming "Voici l'eau claire!" ("Here [is] clear water!"), the city motto, which appears on the city seal.
The lumber industry drove Eau Claire's growth in the late 19th century. At one time, there were 22 sawmills operating in the city.
Since the loss of several thousand manufacturing jobs in the early 1990s (due to the closure of the local Uniroyal tire plant), the city's economy was reshaped by the opening of a number of plants engaged in the construction of computer hardware, such as Hutchinson Technology's largest plant, and is home to IDEXX Computer Systems, a division of IDEXX Laboratories.
Eau Claire is home to a few national/regional companies including Cascades Tissue Group, Menards, National Presto Industries, Inc., Midwest Manufacturing, Silver Spring Gardens, Realityworks, and Erbert & Gerbert's.
Today retail, health care and education are the primary employment sectors in Eau Claire.
Since the loss of several thousand manufacturing jobs in the early 1990s (due to the closure of the local Uniroyal tire plant), the city's economy was reshaped by the opening of a number of plants engaged in the construction of computer hardware, such as Hutchinson Technology's largest plant, and is home to IDEXX Computer Systems, a division of IDEXX Laboratories.
Eau Claire is home to a few national/regional companies including Cascades Tissue Group, Menards, National Presto Industries, Inc., Midwest Manufacturing, Silver Spring Gardens, Realityworks, and Erbert & Gerbert's.
Today retail, health care and education are the primary employment sectors in Eau Claire.
The city was founded near the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa rivers as three separate settlements. The main section of downtown is on the site of the original village. West Eau Claire, founded in 1856, was across the river near the present-day county courthouse, and incorporated in 1872. Between a mile and a half and two miles downstream, the Daniel Shaw & Co. lumber company founded Shawtown, which was annexed by the 1930s. By the 1950s, the entire city had spread far enough to the east to adjoin Altoona.
The terrain of the city is characterized by the river valleys, with steep slopes leading from the center to the eastern and southern sections of the city. The lands into which the urban area is currently expanding are increasingly hilly.
There are two lakes in the city, Dells Pond, and Half Moon Lake. Dells Pond is a reservoir created by a hydroelectric dam, and was formerly used as a holding pool for logs. Half Moon Lake is an oxbow lake created as part of the former course of the Chippewa River.
Eau Claire is home to two public colleges, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-EC), and three campuses of the Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC). And it is home to two private colleges, Immanuel Lutheran College (Church of the Lutheran Confession Synod), and a campus of Globe University/Minnesota School of Business.There are two lakes in the city, Dells Pond, and Half Moon Lake. Dells Pond is a reservoir created by a hydroelectric dam, and was formerly used as a holding pool for logs. Half Moon Lake is an oxbow lake created as part of the former course of the Chippewa River.
Today's Jumble (9/09/08):
MALFE = FLAME; NULAN = ANNUL; TOMSED = MODEST; HEERCY = CHEERY
CIRCLED LETTERS = ENMTCE
This helps construction workers bond.
"CEMENT"
Today is Wonderful Weirdos Day. Show your appreciation to all the “weirdos” in your life. You know, those oddballs who have taught you to think outside the box and dare to be different. Give them - or yourself, if you’re the weirdo - a hug today.
Other things on this day in history:
1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
1493 - Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion.
1513 - James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1739 - Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britains mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 - The Continental Congress officially names their new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 - Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named for President George Washington.
1839 - John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1850 - The Compromise of 1850 strips Texas of a third of its claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1863 - American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1886 - The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
1914 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 - Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 has ended with Turkish victory over the Greeks.
1923 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).
1924 - Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1926 - The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.
1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
1943 - World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 - World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 - First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 - The Republic Day of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 - The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10-12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 - Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collided in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashed near Fairland, Indiana.
1970 - A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 - The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1991 - Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1999 - Sonic Adventure is released in America on the Sega Dreamcast.
2001 - Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.
2004 - 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
1493 - Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion.
1513 - James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1739 - Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britains mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 - The Continental Congress officially names their new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 - Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named for President George Washington.
1839 - John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1850 - The Compromise of 1850 strips Texas of a third of its claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1863 - American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1886 - The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
1914 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 - Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 has ended with Turkish victory over the Greeks.
1923 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).
1924 - Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1926 - The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.
1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
1943 - World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 - World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 - First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 - The Republic Day of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 - The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10-12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 - Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collided in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashed near Fairland, Indiana.
1970 - A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 - The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1991 - Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1999 - Sonic Adventure is released in America on the Sega Dreamcast.
2001 - Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.
2004 - 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
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