January 2, 1929 Now on display: new Chevrolet Landau for $795.00 at Schweikerts Garage in New Germany

January 4, 1940 Natural Gas comes to Chaska

January 5, 1942 Tire rationing board starts

January 6, 1898 Commissioners approve $150.00 for Laketown to build a bridge in the Chaska -Young America Road

January 7, 1856 First County Board meets

January 8, 1894 Annie Mallquist accepted position as organist in Carver Lutheran church

January 9, 1961 Mr & Mrs Allen "Corkey" Gothman become parents of twin boys

January 10, 1975 Worst Blizzard of the Century

January 11, 1888 Old fashioned snowstorm blocks roads and railroads

January 12, 1887 Trains make daily trips to Minneapolis from Coney Island Station

January 13, 1900 Eugene Mock opened Cigar Factory in Waconia

January 14, 1892 Joseph Barnick purchased the Union Hotel property from Joseph Warta, Watertown

January 15, 1894 Charley Lambert purchased the Creamery at Young America

January 16, 1975 1st baby of New Year at Watertown Hosp. was the 14th Child of Mr & Mrs Jerome Cafferty

January 17, 1863 Former Resident of Carver County, Clara Judd, was arrested in Nashville as a spy

January 18, 1872 New bank at Carver

January 19, 1940 Fire sweeps 3 businesses in Young Block in Chaska

January 20, 1896 Chaska city Council votes to put in $10,000 steel bridge at Chestnut St. connecting to Marystown Rd.

January 21, 1929 Ed Murphy home destroyed by fire - Hollywood

January 22, 1880 Hastings & Dakota Railroad Draw Bridge on fire near Chaska

January 23, 1873 Dr. E. H. Lewis appointed County Physician

January 24, 1938 Freight cars run off railroad track near Chaska

January 25, 1912 Oak Grove Creamery organized in Norwood

January 26, 1905 Albert Hedtke and Bernard Raun owners of local lumber yards sold their businesses to the Stearns Company, Waconia

January 27, 1879 San Francisco Methodist church reoganized.