University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire is a public institution that was founded in 1916. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 9,894, its setting is city, and the campus size is 337 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.
David O'Neil Thompson is an American retired professional basketball player. He played with the Denver Nuggets of both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association, as well as the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. He was previously a star in college for North Carolina State, leading the Wolfpack to its first NCAA championship in 1974. Thompson is one of the six players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game.
Founding of the Village of Wells. Colonel Clark W. Thompson, the father of Wells, was a member of the 6th Territorial Legislature in 1855, and a member of the Territorial Council in 1856 and 1857. As a member of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857, he helped frame our state constitution.