Wisconsin

Legend of the 13 Graves:

This story has actually been around for quite a long time now. Those who live within the Twin Cities area are familiar with the story.According to legend, back in the early 1900s there was a man who taught school near the St. Thomas College area. One day he rapes 12 nuns, then murdered them one by one in cold blood. He buried them under a bridge near the Mississippi river and then killed himself.

Rumors say... "don't count the graves" for you will always get a different number. The graves are next to the Mississippi River near St. Thomas College. The graves can be found under a bridge nearb.

James Sheeley House

The Italianate style, Sheeley House has been serving customers in the Chippewa Valley in one capacity or another since 1875. At the height of the logging era, it was one of thirty boarding houses that furnished food and lodging to loggers, railroaders, drifters and adventurers. It is one of the last boarding houses still standing in Chippewa Falls and how used as a saloon/restaurant.

Staff members and patrons come to the Sheeley House in hopes of hearing or seeing something paranormal. Nearby ghost investigators have spent the night here and deemed the place, “haunted”. Employees say they hear footsteps walking up and down the stairs at night when they close up. An employee once went up to the attic where the freezer is to get some wine. The freezer door closed behind him, then locked itself and turned the lights off. It took him one-half-hour to pick the lock open.

The James Sheeley House Restaurant and Saloon is located on the Chippewa River near downtown Chippewa Falls. The James Sheeley House underwent extensive renovation in the 1980's with considerable care and research applied to insure the building retained its original character. It now operates as a fine dining restaurant with a casual dining saloon. The James Sheeley House is located at 236 West River Street, Chippewa Falls WI.

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