Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Cities - Village of Cologne |
Proposal for jail |
Law & Justice: Jails |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/6/1885 |
2 |
|
| Railroads - Cologne |
H & D RR Co.(Building new round house) |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/27/1885 |
1 |
|
| Brill, Dora M. (nee: Hartung) (Mrs. Nicolaus) |
Died |
Death Records: CC Index |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/1/1885 |
1 |
0 |
| Brill, Dora M. (nee: Hartung) (Mrs. Nicolaus) |
Obit |
Death Records |
Carver Free Press |
10/1/1885 |
1 |
4 |
| Zrust, Alois |
Has Commenced Work on a Beer Coll |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/29/1885 |
4 |
|
| Colbert, John |
Married Mary Blake |
Marriage Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/25/1886 |
4 |
0 |
| Dols, Lucas |
Sold his house to Colin Perusse |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/15/1886 |
1 |
2 |
| Churches - Zion Lutheran Church - Benton - Cologne |
German Lutheran Church - New church organ arrived |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/27/1886 |
4 |
|
| Zenk, Peter |
Died, Suddenly friday last age 18, he overheated then took a Cold drink of water, which caused his death. |
|
cfp |
6/3/1886 |
1 |
3 |
| Warmer, P.M. |
Blacksmith Cologne |
|
cfp |
7/1/1886 |
4 |
4 |
| Vreyens Gugen |
painter, paperhanger in Cologne & Carver |
|
cfp |
7/8/1886 |
7 |
4 |
| Swenson, Nicolaus Mr. + Mrs. |
Celebrate 25th anniversary |
|
cfp |
7/15/1886 |
8 |
3 |
| Swenson, Nicolaus (Mr& Mrs.) |
Celebrated on July 10 the 25th Anniversary of their arrival at Scandia |
|
cfp |
7/15/1886 |
8 |
3 |
| Cole, N. Mrs. |
obit. |
|
cfp |
7/22/1886 |
1 |
3 |
| Cole, N. (Mrs.) |
Died last wednesday |
|
cfp |
7/22/1886 |
1 |
3 |
| Cole, Nathaniel Mrs. |
Died |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/29/1886 |
4 |
2 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Mohrbacher & Meuwissen: Pioneer merchants building stone foundation for a Fairbanks Platform Scale |
Business & Industry: General Stores |
Weekly Valley Herald - (Cologne Items) |
8/5/1886 |
1 |
|
| Splettstoeser, John |
Mourns the loss of a 5 year old child from colera morbus on monday last. |
|
cfp |
8/12/1886 |
8 |
2 |
| Mohrbecker, Adam |
Landlord offers harvest picnic at Cologne |
|
cfp |
9/2/1886 |
1 |
4 |
| Linenfelser, Anna M. |
Married Henry Nicolin |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/9/1886 |
4 |
3 & 4 |
| Nicolin, Henry |
Married: Anna Linenfelser |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/9/1886 |
4 |
3-4 |
| Nicolin, Henry |
marries Ms. Anna Linenfelser of Chaska, took place at residence of brides parents home, groom a Jordan citizen, daughter of Florian Linenfelser |
|
cfp |
9/9/1886 |
8 |
3 |
| Nicolin, Henry |
Last tuesday married miss Anna Linenfelser. |
|
cfp |
9/9/1886 |
8 |
3 |
| Colbert, John |
Disatrous Fire |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/11/1886 |
4 |
|
| Cole, Wm |
sister Miss Cole died |
|
cfp |
1/13/1887 |
1 |
3 |
| Colbert, Patrick |
Infant death: Parents: John & Mary (nee: Boylan) |
Death Records |
cfp |
3/3/1887 |
8 |
2 |
| Henning, P. |
building maachine warehouse at cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/7/1887 |
4 |
2 |
| Reese, Coleman |
Sold 3 lots to August Fabel |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/7/1887 |
1 |
|
| Reese, Coleman |
Family moved to Hutchinson |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/7/1887 |
1 |
2 |
| Nicolin, Gerhard |
Died |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/14/1887 |
4 |
2 |
| Businessess - Cologne |
The Cologne House ( A New Hotel) |
Business & Industry: Hotels & Motels |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/14/1887 |
4 |
|
| Nicolin, Gerhard |
died |
|
Carver Free Press |
7/14/1887 |
1 |
2 |
| Brickmaking, |
Running on exclusive brick train between Chaska & Cologne |
Business & Industry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/21/1887 |
4 |
3 |
| School - Cologne |
St. Bernards Catholic School - Stone work on Catholic School house is completed |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/4/1887 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Mill Co. - Repairing Mill - New machinery, latest improvements added to mill |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald (Cologne) |
8/11/1887 |
4 |
|
| Collins, John |
Married Annie Conlin |
Marriage Records |
Carver Free Press |
9/5/1887 |
8 |
3 |
| Railroads |
A smash up occured on the C. M. & St. P. Ry Co. west of Cologne |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/18/1887 |
1 |
|
| Colbert, John & Mary (nee: Boylan) |
Baby Boy: William |
Birth Records |
CFP |
10/27/1887 |
8 |
2 |
| Mohrbacher, Adam |
Cologne man fined for selling liquor without a license. |
|
Carver County News |
3/30/1888 |
3 |
4 |
| Collins, Mike |
Barn struck by lightning Killing horse and cow Assumption |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/19/1888 |
1 |
|
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
The Carver County Historical Society is grateful to Southwest Newspapers for their generous financial support of the newspaper indexing project.
Research assistance
The Newspaper/Resource Search is a searchable index of newspaper, record, and archival materials available from the Carver County Historical Society’s Research Library and Archive. Please see Library Resources and Genealogy for detailed information of the materials available at the CCHS.
If you wish to obtain copies of materials within the index, the CCHS staff is readily available to assist you with operating our microfilm readers, locating records, or providing access to archival material.
Research Benefits for CCHS Members & Future Members
- CCHS members conducting research receive annually any combination of five of the following options, free of charge:
- digital or printed newspaper articles or documents
- digital photos without watermark
- Digital photos are 300 dpi resolution
- Requests for prints or higher resolution images are subject to fees
See our membership page for information on additional member benefits and how to become a member.
Copies may be obtained in the following manners:
- Researching In-Person
- The CCHS Library is free and open to the public
- There is a fee of $0.25/sheet for printing research materials
- Photographing materials with a personal device is allowed, free of charge
- Library staff is available to assist with & guide your research efforts
- Article & Records Requested Remotely
- Contact our Researcher with a list of articles or records you have located through the Newspaper/Resource Search
- Fees for requested articles & records (applied to all requests):
- $3.00 processing fee for requests of up to 15 articles or records
- Additional processing fees applied to requests exceeding 15 articles or records
- $2.00 per emailed article or record
- $2.50 per printed article or record
- Custom Research by CCHS Staff
- The CCHS staff is available to conduct research on your behalf
- Our research fee is $25.00 per hour for researching and identifying available resources within the CCHS Library and Archive, if any.
- Printing or emailing of identified articles, records, or documents subject to additional fees:
- $3.00 processing fee for requests of up to 15 articles or records
- Additional processing fees applied to requests in excess of 15 articles or records
- $2.00 per emailed article or record
- $2.50 per printed article or record
CCHS Library Research Policy (Effective July 23, 2019)
Research requests are completed in the order they are received.
If you have a question or would like to submit a research or article & records request, please email the CCHS Researcher, Brenda Reister, at: breister@carvercountymn.gov. Or call us at: (952) 442-4234. Requests can also be submitted by mail using our Research Request Form: Click here for a printable form
What are these fees used for? Library fees help offset a portion of the costs of running the library including staff time, purchasing new materials, and maintenance of the microfilm reader.
You may contact us at:
Carver County Historical Society
555 W First St
Waconia MN 55387
Phone: (952) 442-4234