Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| School - Cologne |
St. Bernards - Benton Catholic School - (Benton Items) The brick & stone are nearly all on the ground for the basement |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/15/1880 |
4 |
|
| Postal Service |
Post office at Benton |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/29/1880 |
4 |
|
| School - Cologne |
St. Bernards/Benton Catholic School - Benton Cathloic school building |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/4/1880 |
4 |
|
| School - Cologne |
St. Bernards/Benton Catholic Schoolhouse - Building Contract (Erect brick school building) |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/6/1880 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Benton |
Benton & Cologne (Brief History) |
History: Reminiscences |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/20/1880 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Cologne |
Cologne & Benton (Brief history of both towns) |
History: Reminiscences |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/20/1880 |
4 |
|
| Brandhorst, K.K. (Carpenter) & Fredrick (Carpenter) |
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
|
1880 Carver County Census- Benton |
5/22/1880 |
1 |
1 |
| Rolf, August (Carpenter) |
1880 Carver County Census- Benton |
|
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
5/22/1880 |
3 |
4 |
| Beckman, Fritz (Carpenter) |
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
|
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
5/22/1880 |
1 |
1 |
| Sonquist, Walter (Farmer) |
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
|
1880 Carver County Census - Benton |
5/22/1880 |
1 |
1 |
| Liverman, B. |
Ice house and beer celler, Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/17/1880 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Benton |
Village of Benton |
Neighborhoods & Districts: Historic Districts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/22/1880 |
4 |
|
| Bomm, A. |
Benton twp; Sec 34 40 ac, Sec 35 60 ac |
|
1880 plat |
12/1/1880 |
0 |
0 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Dols & Jorreson Furniture Store moved from Benton to this Village |
Business & Industry: Furnishings |
WVH (Cologne Items) |
12/23/1880 |
1 |
|
| Huber, William |
Moved from Benton to cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/9/1882 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Benton |
Benton Flouring Mill - Destructive Fire, Benton flouring mill burned |
- Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring
- Disasters: Fires |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/16/1882 |
4 |
|
| Oestreich, G. |
Serious Accident in Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/28/1882 |
4 |
|
| Damschen, William |
saw mill in Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/13/1883 |
4 |
|
| Benton town |
Officers elected |
|
Carver free press |
3/27/1884 |
1 |
4 |
| Johnson, August |
Waconia Dept. [Is recovering from his accident at the saw mill in Benton] |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/1/1884 |
1 |
|
| Carver county |
Notice of application to vacate por of the village of Benton |
|
Carver free press |
2/5/1885 |
8 |
3 |
| Bleichner, Geo |
Benton Fire |
|
Carver free press |
2/26/1885 |
1 |
4 |
| Storms 1885 |
Disastrous Hailstorm: (Hit Hancock, Benton & Sibley counties) |
Weather: Storms |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/23/1885 |
2 |
|
| May, Thomas |
Moved to his farm in Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/4/1886 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Benton |
St. Bernards: New church altar |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/4/1886 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Zion Lutheran Church - Benton - Cologne |
German Lutheran Church - New church organ arrived |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/27/1886 |
4 |
|
| Vilsmier, Isidor |
respected citizen of Benton departed to Quarters unknown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/26/1887 |
4 |
3 |
| Eggers, Fred (Papa) |
Building improvements in Benton. New frame house and barn |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1888 |
4 |
|
| Dormann, A. |
Building improvement in Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1888 |
4 |
|
| Gruenhagen, Fred |
Building improvement in benton-Frame barn and Chicken house |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1888 |
4 |
|
| Henschen, E. H. |
Building improvement in Benton. New frame barn |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1888 |
4 |
|
| Rolf, C. |
Building imporvements in Benton (Frame Barn) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1888 |
4 |
|
| Gruenhagen, Fritz |
Building large barn near Benton. |
|
cfp |
5/24/1888 |
1 |
2 |
| Schiller, Geo. |
Killed near Benton Junction when train ran over him. |
|
cfp |
7/26/1888 |
1 |
3 |
| Roth, Caspar |
Employing Gustav Ritter to Build his large "Dwelling" in Benton. |
|
cfp |
8/30/1888 |
1 |
2 |
| Ritter, Gustav |
Carpenter for Caspar Roth is New Dwelling in Benton. |
|
cfp |
8/30/1888 |
1 |
2 |
| Lemke, Fr. Wm. (Mrs.) |
Birth of Daughter "of Benton Town" |
|
cfp |
9/13/1888 |
1 |
2 |
| Lindert, Fred (Jr.) of Norwood |
Marries Caroline Thaemert of Benton town today. |
|
cfp |
9/20/1888 |
1 |
3 |
| Schug, John |
Has sorgum mill on old place in Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/27/1888 |
1 |
|
| Dohmen, Catharina of Benton Town |
Wedding announcement to Carl Gnade of Young America. |
|
cfp |
10/25/1888 |
1 |
2 |
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