Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Radde, Jacob |
Purchased a house and three lots |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/8/1878 |
1 |
|
| Zegelin, R. |
"Zeglin purchased an interest in a steam thresher " |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/8/1878 |
1 |
|
| Bucholz, Emile |
Purchased a new store building in Pine Island |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/29/1878 |
4 |
|
| Churches - German Evangelical |
Chaska: Church dedication |
Religion: Churches: Evangelical |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/29/1878 |
4 |
|
| Bornstein, Chas. |
We Found Him |
Human Relations: Family Life: Kin |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/5/1878 |
4 |
|
| Erren, Herman |
Important improvements at the Chaska Bakery. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/19/1878 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska Bakery |
Improvement at Chaska Bakery |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/19/1878 |
4 |
|
| Leivermann, B. |
Building barn near Chaska Brewery |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/3/1878 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
12 gas burning street lamps put up on corners |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
WVH (Here & There) |
10/3/1878 |
4 |
|
| Erren, Herman |
Real estate purchase |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/31/1878 |
4 |
|
| Degen, Henry |
new purchase - Riebe Butcher shop |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1878 |
4 |
|
| Ehrmantraut, Jacob |
New purchase - Riebe Butcher shop |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1878 |
4 |
|
| Henk, Philip |
Another purchase-an 80 acre farm. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/12/1878 |
4 |
|
| Railroads - Chaska |
H & D RR/A strike - construction crew struck for higher wages |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/3/1879 |
4 |
|
| Kercher, John |
Building operations. Erecting buildings on purchased lots |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/8/1879 |
4 |
|
| Streissguth, Otto |
Purchased a lot and will erect a dwelling |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/8/1879 |
4 |
|
| Ketterer, Engelbret |
Moved to Chaska with his family |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/29/1879 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Chaska German Lutheran Church |
Raising money to build new German Lutheran Church in Chaska |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/29/1879 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Waconia Mill |
Bierline Brothers have determined to move their flour mill to Chaska |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/29/1879 |
4 |
|
| Heinemann, Gustave |
Valuable purchase |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/5/1879 |
4 |
|
| Bierline, Jacob |
Purchased the saw mill and mill building |
Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/26/1879 |
4 |
|
| Miller, Alex |
Purchased the Waconia saw mill and mill building |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/26/1879 |
4 |
|
| Postal Service - Chaska |
New distributing office(For all points on the H. & D & M. 8 St. L. Railroads) |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
WVA |
6/26/1879 |
4 |
|
| Railroads - Chaska |
Mpls. & St. Louis RR Co., to re-build the Vogel bridge |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/3/1879 |
4 |
|
| Riedele, Andrew |
About to erect his new Grist Mill, chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/7/1879 |
4 |
|
| Schutz, Thomas |
Former proprietor of the Chaska House now living in St. Augusta, Stearns County |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/7/1879 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
Cunningham, Crawford & Graf - Purchased a steam threshing establishment |
Business & Industry: Heavy Equipment |
WVH (Watertown Items) |
8/14/1879 |
4 |
|
| Hammer, Jack |
Accomplished book keeper will soon depart from Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/21/1879 |
4 |
|
| Miller, Robert |
Purchased furniture store |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/28/1879 |
4 |
|
| Iltis, Peter |
Originator of the Chaska Cattle Fair |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/1/1880 |
3 |
3 |
| Wachholz,Chas or Carl (1898) |
1880 Map Sect. 16 , 40 acres+146 acres in sect. 21 |
Geography: Maps |
Waconia Twp |
1/1/1880 |
203 |
|
| Thompson,Chas. |
1880 Young America (Norwood Village) Census 31.-Sophia (Max Bleichner- boarder) |
|
1880 U. S. Census |
1/1/1880 |
1 |
|
| Zimmer, Chas. |
1880 map, Sect. 36, 40 acres |
|
Watertown Twp. |
1/1/1880 |
1 |
|
| Schmidt, John |
1880 Chaska Twp Census - Rosina (wife), Mena, Sueanna, Anna, Casper, Catherine, John, Caroline, Joeseph, Josephine |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| May, Charles (farmer) |
1880 Chaska Twp Census - May (wife), Charlie, Fred, Henry |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| Smeets, Elizabeth |
1880 Chaska Twp. Census - Mathias, Helena |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| Rudue, August (farmer) |
1880 Chaska Twp. Census - Margarita (wife), Sophia, Elizabeth |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| Sauebrei, Henry (farmer) |
1880 Chaska Twp. Census - Mary (wife), John |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| Schuck, John (farmer) |
1880 Chaska Twp. Census - Cecelia (wife) |
|
1880 Census - Chaska Township |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
| Schubert, Bruno (farmer) |
1880 Chaska Twp. Census - Margaret (wife) |
|
1880 Census - Chaska ATownship |
1/1/1880 |
0 |
|
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