Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Businesses - Chaska |
The Burkhart Bros. - New hearse |
Business & Industry: Mortuaries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/24/1884 |
4 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
A fearful rain storm |
Weather: Rain |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/11/1884 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Finnegan Bros: Bought the livery of J. Ehmann |
Business & Industry: Livery Stables |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/23/1884 |
4 |
2 |
| Hessian Rifle Battalion band |
play at the Concordia hall in Chaska |
|
Carver free press |
12/18/1884 |
1 |
3 |
| Hessian Rifle Battalion band |
Play at the Concordia hall in Chaska |
|
Carver free press |
12/18/1884 |
1 |
3 |
| Schillock, P.G. Dr. |
Chaska Implicated in grave robberys along with others |
|
Carver Free Press |
1/8/1885 |
8 |
2 |
| Chaska Fire Dept |
Was called to Mr. Motatz farm for a fire |
|
Carver free press |
1/15/1885 |
1 |
2 |
| Motatz, Mr. |
Chaska Fire Dept. called to his place for a fire |
|
Carver free press |
1/15/1885 |
1 |
2 |
| Chaska |
New Jail Completed |
|
Eun |
2/1/1885 |
4 |
|
| Churches: Chaska/Guardian Angels Catholic Church |
Blessing the throat - Due to the spread of Diphtheria |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/5/1885 |
4 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska Public School A Dangerous Building |
Education: Public Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/5/1885 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Christian Rief & Son/Merchant Tailors: Another business building, purchased a vacant lot from E. Poppits |
Business & Industry: Clothing & Textiles |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/5/1885 |
4 |
|
| Organizations - Chaska |
Dairy association, legalized by legislature |
- Government: Legislation
- Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/5/1885 |
1 |
2 |
| Concert |
Concordia hall Chaska |
|
Carver free press |
3/26/1885 |
1 |
3 |
| Schools |
Chaska Public School : New Buildings, will also begin building a new school |
Education: Public Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/2/1885 |
4 |
|
| Churches: Chaska/Guardian Angels Catholic Church |
New buildings - Will begin working on the new church |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Buildings: Churches |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/2/1885 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Finnegan Bros: Car load of cultivators |
Business & Industry: Heavy Equipment |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/2/1885 |
4 |
|
| Stargardt, Anna |
Daughter returned home again to Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/9/1885 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Carver County State Bank one of the oldest banks in Minn. Valley started in 1870 |
Business & Industry: Financial Institutions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/9/1885 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Chaska |
City Council prohibits public funerals due to diphtheria |
- Social Life & Customs: Funerals
- Disasters: Epidemics |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/23/1885 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Bierleine & Sons: Store opening (Opening new store) |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/21/1885 |
1 |
|
| Chaska |
one of the oldest buildings caught on fire |
|
Carver Free Press |
6/11/1885 |
1 |
3 |
| Carver + Chaska |
Ex-Soldiers, Re-Union |
|
Carver free press |
6/18/1885 |
1 |
4 |
| Chaska + Carver |
Ex-soldiers, Re-Union |
|
Carver free press |
6/18/1885 |
1 |
4 |
| Churches - St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Chaska: Church contract let |
Religion: Churches: Evangelical |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/9/1885 |
2 |
|
| Cities - Village of Chaska |
Census in 1832 Village of Chaska 1725, Chaska had largest increase in population, since 1880 |
- Statistics: Census
- Demographics: Population |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/9/1885 |
1 |
2 |
| Sondermann, Theodore, Rev. |
Purchased a home in Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/16/1885 |
1 |
3 |
| Sports |
Chaska Chiefs - On the diamond field |
Sports & Recreation: Baseball |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/6/1885 |
1 |
|
| Carver County Fair |
Held in Chaska |
|
Carver free press |
9/17/1885 |
1 |
4 |
| Carver County Courthouse |
Chaska: New iron roof being put on the old courthouse building |
Government: Courts |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/1/1885 |
6 |
2 |
| Railroads - Chaska |
Hasting & Dakota Depot (New Depot) |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1885 |
4 |
|
| Schools |
Chaska Public School : Public School Building |
Education: Public Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1885 |
4 |
|
| Conshak, Michael |
Purchased a house and lot in Chaska and moving family to town. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/29/1885 |
4 |
2 |
| Erren, Herman |
For Sale--Old bakery at Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/29/1885 |
4 |
|
| Churches - Chaska/St. John's Lutheran Church |
Church dedication |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/29/1885 |
1 |
|
| Smith, E.T. |
Located at Chaska, Mn., where he opened a law office |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/12/1885 |
4 |
3 |
| Small, Eli, Dr. |
Has moved to Chaska |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/13/1885 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Chaska |
Bierleine & Sons: Built new addition on their store |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/19/1885 |
4 |
2 |
| Cities - Chaska |
New Depot Building |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/26/1885 |
1 |
|
| Ramsdill, Charles |
Returned to Chaska with his family, from Iowa |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/3/1885 |
4 |
|
Information contained in this database has been obtained from the files of the Carver County Historical Society Library; specifically, the newspaper index (in the future to include scrapbooks, family histories etc...). As with any information source, errors, inconsistencies, and accuracy in spelling and content are unavoidable. Therefore,
we suggest checking for alternate spellings when researching individual names or places. We have tried to include alternatives whenever possible.
Some examples of alternate spellings include:
Miller/Mueller
Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
Hemming/Henning
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