Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin

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Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin

Eagle River is the county seat of Vilas County and the only incorporated town in the county. Several histories of the town are cited in the bibliography. In 2007, at the town's susquicentennial, the Eagle River Historical Society published a new, quite comprehensive history of the town under the title, Eagle River, Wisconsin, Its History & People. It is in the bibliography under author Eagle River Historical Society.

Charles P. Forbes
September 20, 2007
© 2007 Charles P. Forbes

Comprehensive References

Alma Zimpelmann [Obituary], Vilas County News-Review, Jan. 9, 2008, Eagle River, 2008. View Full Record
Best from Cranberry Country, U.S.A., Eagle River, 1987. View Full Record
Best of the Northwoods, The, Boulder Junction, 1992. View Full Record
Eagle River Area Festival of Flavors, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Everett Resort Gets Historic Places Listing, Vilas County News-Review, Nov. 12, 2008, B-1., Eagle River, 2008. View Full Record
White Spruce Inn To Celebrate 125th Birthday this Saturday, Vilas County News-Review, October 29, 2009., Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Women of St. Peter's Parish Appear in Newsweek Cover Story., Vilas County News-Review, Dec. 17, 2003, p. 3B., Eagle River, 2003. View Full Record
70-155 Advancement Association, Information Bureau, Lake Region, The; State Highways 70 and 155, Eagle River, Sayner, Star Lake, Eagle River, 193?. View Full Record
Alexander, J. H. H., Eagle River, Lakeland Playground, Wis. Conservation Bulletin, July 1940, V5#7, p.44., 1940. View Full Record
Allen, Terese, \wisconsin Food Festivals, Amherst, WI, 1995. View Full Record
Anvil Lake Property Owners' Association, Woodland Whispers, Eagle River, n.d.. View Full Record
Ashland Inc. Valvoline Division, Valvoline World Championship Snowmobile Derby, Eagle River, Lexington, KY, 1999. View Full Record
Bernhard, H (producer), Damien-Omen II, Beverly Hills, CA, 1978. View Full Record
Calhoun, W. T., Eagle River Conservation Camp, Wis. Conservation Bulletin, May '41, V6#5, p. 62., 1941. View Full Record
Cook, Morton, History [of Eagle River Library], Olson Memorial Library [Brochure], Eagle River, 2007. View Full Record
Eagle Chain's Square Dance Club, Crafts. Recipes, Chicago, 1986. View Full Record
Eagle River Historical Society, Depot Museum, Brochure, Eagle River, 2008. View Full Record
Eagle River Revitalization Program, Artscapte 2009, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Hanselman, Esther, History of Carpenter Lake and Vicinity, 1995. View Full Record
Heiting, Tom and Ann, Northwoods Ski Trails, n.p., 1980. View Full Record
Hooper, C. W., ed., The Gerry Lumber Co., of Eagle River, closed..., Minocqua Times, August 27, 1896, Minocqua, 1896. View Full Record
Kiefer, Kit, Gone for the Weekend: Eagle River, Wisconsin Trails, Feb. 1999, p. 45, 1999. View Full Record
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway, Gogebic, Eagle River, Ashland and Other Resorts in Northern Michigan and Wisconsin Reached by the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway., Iron Mountain, Michi, 1985. View Full Record
Mueller, Pat, Two Remarkable Women, Vilas County News-Review, Feb. 2, 2006, B., Eagle River, 2006. View Full Record
Northwoods Assembly of God, Women's Ministries, Eagle River, Recipes, Waseca, MN, 1986. View Full Record
Reimann, George, World Championship Snowmobile Derby. Where It All Started [Eliason Snowmobiles], Wisconsin Escape, Jan 1981 p.17 ff, Green Lake, WI, 1981. View Full Record
Satran, Dan, Catholic Women Here Understandable Get Newsweek Attention., Vilas County News-Review, Dec. 10, 2003, p. 17A, Eagle River, 2003. View Full Record
Savageau, David, Retirement Places Rated, New York, 1990. View Full Record
Slattery, Christina, View from the Water, Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 93, Autumn 2009, Madison, 2009. View Full Record
Wilkinson, Susan, compiler, Stories Among the Stones, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Wisconsin Conservation Department, The Children's Forest [Eagle River], Wis. Conservation Bulletin, 5:9, Sept. 1940, p.31, Madison, 1940. View Full Record
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, History, A, Milwaukee, 1950. View Full Record

Major References

Eagle River and Eastern Vilas County, Wisconsin Land of Lakes Magazine, Nov/Dec 1926., Rhinelander, 1926. View Full Record
Some Like It Cold...Ice Palace [Eagle River], Wisconsin Natural Resources, 25:6, Dec. 2001, p. 31., 2001. View Full Record
Benda, Sharon, Eagle River, Vilas County Chamer of Commerce: Vilas County Headwaters to Wisconsin, 1998, p. 7, Eagle River, 1998. View Full Record
Bonson and Jones, Eagle River Fire Department, 1899-1999, Tomahawk, 1999. View Full Record
Carter, Frank, Early History of Eagle River, 1955, State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives, Call # SC 2408, Eagle River, 1955. View Full Record
Chain Skimmers, Chain Skimmers Water Ski Show Team, Eagle River, 2010. View Full Record
Downtown Business Association Commemorative Calendar Committee, Eagle River 2007 Commemorative Calendar, Eagle River, 2007. View Full Record
Eagle River Historical Society, Eagle River, Wisconsin, Its History & People, Eagle River, 2007. View Full Record
Eagle River Historical Society, Early History of Eagle River, Wisconsin, Eagle river, 2004. View Full Record
Eagle River Revitalization Program, Historical Walking Tour of Eagle River, Six panel brochure, Eagle River, 2008. View Full Record
Fox, Richard, America's 100 Best Retirement Towns,... Eagle River, Wisconsin, Where to Retire, 10:5, Special Issue 2001, p. 141, Houston, 2001. View Full Record
Huhti, Thomas, Wisconsin Handbook, Including Door County, First Edition, Chico, CA, 1997. View Full Record
Kantrowitz and Underwood, Bible's Lost Stories, The, Newsweek, December 8, 2003, Cover and pp. 47-60., New York, 2003. View Full Record
Keeler and Bubanovich, Memories of Croation Settlers of Eagle River, Lac du Flambeau, 1984. View Full Record
Peters, Robert, Crunching Gravel: Growing Up in the Thirties [Eagle River], San Francisco, 1988. View Full Record
Pohlen, Jerome, Oddball Wisconsin, Chicago, 2001. View Full Record
Schmidt, Floyd, Switch Lamps in the Pines, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Taylor, Billie, Trees for Tomorrow Camp, Wis. Conservation Bulletin, Jn/Fb'61, V26#1,p.30., 1961. View Full Record
US Air Force, Records of Headquarters United States Air Force Project BLUE BOOK, NARA-PBB1 , Washington, 1976. View Full Record View Full Text
US, Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration, Workers of the Writers' Program in the State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State, American Guide Series, New York, 1941. View Full Record
Uthe, Dorothy Jones, From Soup to Mostly Nuts, "Stories from the Jones Family", [Eagle River], 1990. View Full Record
Vilas County News-Review, Vilas County News-Review's 2009 Headwaters Area Guide, Published Annually, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Weitz, Chauncey, Game Warden's Diary: 1933-1965, Oshkosh, 1983. View Full Record
Yukon Jack, Cool Creations: A History of the Eagle River Ice Castle, Special Publication of the Vilas County News-Review and the Three Lakes News, Dec. 2005, Eagle River, 2005. View Full Record

Minor References

Eagle River and Eastern Vilas County, Wisconsin Land of Lakes Magazine, Nov/Dec 1926., Rhinelander, 1926. View Full Record
Some Like It Cold...Ice Palace [Eagle River], Wisconsin Natural Resources, 25:6, Dec. 2001, p. 31., 2001. View Full Record
Benda, Sharon, Eagle River, Vilas County Chamer of Commerce: Vilas County Headwaters to Wisconsin, 1998, p. 7, Eagle River, 1998. View Full Record
Bonson and Jones, Eagle River Fire Department, 1899-1999, Tomahawk, 1999. View Full Record
Carter, Frank, Early History of Eagle River, 1955, State Historical Society of Wisconsin Archives, Call # SC 2408, Eagle River, 1955. View Full Record
Chain Skimmers, Chain Skimmers Water Ski Show Team, Eagle River, 2010. View Full Record
Downtown Business Association Commemorative Calendar Committee, Eagle River 2007 Commemorative Calendar, Eagle River, 2007. View Full Record
Eagle River Historical Society, Eagle River, Wisconsin, Its History & People, Eagle River, 2007. View Full Record
Eagle River Historical Society, Early History of Eagle River, Wisconsin, Eagle river, 2004. View Full Record
Eagle River Revitalization Program, Historical Walking Tour of Eagle River, Six panel brochure, Eagle River, 2008. View Full Record
Fox, Richard, America's 100 Best Retirement Towns,... Eagle River, Wisconsin, Where to Retire, 10:5, Special Issue 2001, p. 141, Houston, 2001. View Full Record
Huhti, Thomas, Wisconsin Handbook, Including Door County, First Edition, Chico, CA, 1997. View Full Record
Kantrowitz and Underwood, Bible's Lost Stories, The, Newsweek, December 8, 2003, Cover and pp. 47-60., New York, 2003. View Full Record
Keeler and Bubanovich, Memories of Croation Settlers of Eagle River, Lac du Flambeau, 1984. View Full Record
Peters, Robert, Crunching Gravel: Growing Up in the Thirties [Eagle River], San Francisco, 1988. View Full Record
Pohlen, Jerome, Oddball Wisconsin, Chicago, 2001. View Full Record
Schmidt, Floyd, Switch Lamps in the Pines, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Taylor, Billie, Trees for Tomorrow Camp, Wis. Conservation Bulletin, Jn/Fb'61, V26#1,p.30., 1961. View Full Record
US Air Force, Records of Headquarters United States Air Force Project BLUE BOOK, NARA-PBB1 , Washington, 1976. View Full Record View Full Text
US, Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration, Workers of the Writers' Program in the State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State, American Guide Series, New York, 1941. View Full Record
Uthe, Dorothy Jones, From Soup to Mostly Nuts, "Stories from the Jones Family", [Eagle River], 1990. View Full Record
Vilas County News-Review, Vilas County News-Review's 2009 Headwaters Area Guide, Published Annually, Eagle River, 2009. View Full Record
Weitz, Chauncey, Game Warden's Diary: 1933-1965, Oshkosh, 1983. View Full Record
Yukon Jack, Cool Creations: A History of the Eagle River Ice Castle, Special Publication of the Vilas County News-Review and the Three Lakes News, Dec. 2005, Eagle River, 2005. View Full Record

UFO Sighting

In April, 1961, there was a UFO sighting in Eagle River. It is case file number7372 in the US Air Force's Project Blue Book records. See the Wikipedia reference below for more information on Project Blue Book. See the US Air Force Document on Project Blue Book regarding the April, 1961, sighting.

Everett Resort

The Everett Resort was historically one of the largest and grandest American Plan resorts in the Eagle River area. The resort provided lodging, meals, entertainment, recreational activities, and other amenities for its guests. The Main Building, constructed ca 1896, was the physical and social center at the resort and by ghe 1920s-1930s provided dining for up to 300 guests each day. Other buildings on the property included the Sun Room/Office, Marina Bar, Clubhouse, Columbine and Gables Cottages, and a boathouse. Individual cottages were constructed along the shorelines of both Catfist and Cranberry lakes for guests. The resort's Rustic and Craftsman-style buildings reflect a strong relationship with their natural surroundings. [Text from the WHS Columns notice of recent additions to the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places, July-August, 20008, p. 5].