Eagle, James

P., politician, born in Maury co., Tenn., Aug. 10, 1837, but lived in Arkansas after 1839; entered the Confederate army (1861) as a private, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel; was ordained a Baptist clergyman (1870), and at four different periods was a member of the Arkansas Legislature, also chosen as Speaker of the House, and was twice (1888-1890) elected Governor of Arkansas. Eagle, in Colorado , a N. W. cen. co.; area , 1,600 sq. m. Drained by Grand river and smaller streams. Surface , mountainous. Minerals, gold, silver, lead, iron and copper. Capital , Red cliff. Pop . (1890) 3,725. Eagle River, in Wisconsin , a post-village, cap. of Vilas co., on Chic. & N. West. R. R., 20 m. N. E. of Rhine lander. Pop . (1895) 1,454.