Eau Claire now offering self-guided audio tours

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.— Eau Claire Tours is proud to announce the release of two new self-guided audio tours; The Making of a City: An Eau Claire Story, and The How Lumber Made the Chippewa Valley Tour! The Making of a City: An Eau Claire Story, follows the walking paths along the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers with stops downtown and in Phoenix Park. The tour covers the very beginning of the city, from its early fur traders through the year 1900. During the tour, you will hear fascinating stories about Eau Claire's lumber era in the 1880s and 1890s, when it was the nation's Lumber Capital and the fastest-growing city in the state! This tour covers it all, with interesting stories of the city's steamboat era, an electric trolley that went through downtown, and its entertainment venues, which brought in acts from as far away as Europe! The How Lumber Made The Chippewa Valley Tour is a driving tour that winds through Eau Claire, covering the area's lumber era in depth.