Eagleton Store Closes After 106 Years in Eagleton Wisconsin
The Chas. Liebe Co. store in Eagleton Wisconsin ends a 106 year run this week after Lorena Bathke fails to find a buyer. The 1877 timber-framed country store opened with Civil War era roots and served as post office and general supplier for decades. It kept 93 hour weeks and offered gasoline, groceries, licenses, seeds, and more, until a final sale marks the end of an era.
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End of a Liehe era as Eagleton Store closes after 106 years
The Eagleton Store in Chippewa County, founded by Chas Liehe, closed this week after decades of serving area farmers. The Liehe family and Mrs. Bathke recalled the store’s origins in the logging era when groceries were charged during winters and settled with lumber pay. The brick Liehe building rose after a 1933 fire that destroyed earlier structures, while the old Grange Hall became a feed mill before a late 1930s fire ended that use. The Bathke family laments the loss of a local institution once tied to Red Cross aid, regional history, and civic life, noting no family Liehe remains locally to continue the business.
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