Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Ziermann, Leo |
Laketown Fire Insurance Co. Agent |
|
Carver County News |
6/20/1901 |
1 |
2 |
| Schaefer, Nic |
Laketown Mutual paid out $115 for fire damage to personal articles and walls at his residence in S. Benton |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1902 |
2b |
|
| Heid, Ferd |
Laketown farmer is starting a new house. Cellar excavation already started |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/3/1902 |
1 |
|
| Plocher, Albert |
A high priced farm. Purchased 40 acres,sec. 23, Laketown, which adjoins his father's land and borders the lake |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/22/1902 |
1 |
|
| Hedtke, Henry |
Disastrous fire at Bird Island, formerly of Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1902 |
1 |
|
| Osweiler, John 1842-1903 |
Passed away at the home of his son in Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/23/1903 |
1 |
|
| Schwalbe, Traugott |
He bought 20 acres in Laketown from August Splettstoesser |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/27/1903 |
1 |
|
| Splettstoesser, August |
Sold 20 acres in Laketown to Traugot Schwalbe |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/27/1903 |
1 |
|
| Lambrecht, Herman |
Sold his blacksmith shop and business in Lester Prarie and purchased his fathers farm in Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/11/1904 |
1 |
2 |
| Kohman, Martin |
Are building a fine farm mansion on their Laketown farm |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/13/1905 |
5 |
|
| Kelm, Fred |
Good farm for sale. A 21 acre farm in Laketown, adjoining Pierson Lake |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/26/1909 |
1 |
|
| Wirtz, Henry |
dead--Moose Lake in the Quill Plains district of CAnada, Old Secretary of the Laketown Mutual Fire Ins.) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/6/1910 |
5 |
1 |
| Kogelin, Herman |
For sale my 62 acre farm situated in Section 35, Laketown twnsp. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/21/1910 |
5 |
|
| Vogel, Aug. |
Farm for sale - 77 acres situated in sec. 35 town of Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/22/1911 |
5 |
|
| Railroads - Laketown |
John Radschelters killed while riding section of crew car for C. M. & St. P |
Buildings: Railroad |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/4/1913 |
1 |
6 |
| Roads - Carver County |
Notice to Road Builders: #1 section 18 - Carver, #1 Sect.14 & 15, 22 & 23 - Benton, #1 Sect 16 & 17 Y. A.,#2 Sect. 21 & 22, 27 & 28 - Watertown #3 Sect. 7&8, 17 &18 - Laketown #6 Sect. 21 & 22 - Camden |
Transportation: Roads & Highways |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/2/1914 |
6 |
2 |
| Fink, George |
For Sale. Laketown Farm by the Sugar City Realty Co. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/22/1915 |
3 |
|
| Plocher, Albert |
Badly hurt. Laketown farmer shoots himself accidently |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/9/1915 |
1 |
|
| Scrup, Ed |
from Laketown, died |
|
St. Boni Star |
2/23/1917 |
4 |
6 |
| Pierson, George |
Sold his 80 acre farm in Laketown to Harry J. Larson for the sum of $23,000. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/1/1920 |
5 |
|
| Churches - Victoria |
Lake Auburn Moravian - New pastor in Laketown, Rev. H. B. Marx of Nazareth, Pa., installed as pastor of Laketown Moravian Church |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/1/1921 |
1 |
|
| Heid, George |
For sale form of 40 acres in section 22 Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/5/1922 |
5 |
6 |
| Luedtke, F.A. |
Heads Laketown Insurance |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1922 |
3 |
3 |
| Businesses - Waconia |
F. A. Luedtke heads Laketown Insurance Co. |
Business & Industry: Insurance |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1922 |
2 |
3 |
| Churches - Laketown |
Moravian - Mission Festival |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/24/1922 |
1 |
2 |
| Poppitz, Frank L. 1891-1924 |
Former prominent young farmer of Laketown dies at Waconia at the age of 33 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/31/1924 |
12 |
|
| VanEyll, John |
Purchased Kuglo Farm in Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1924 |
9 |
3 |
| Ciesieiski, Mike |
Auction postponed-will take place at the Carl Moldenhauer farm in Laketown. |
Human Relations: Family Life |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1924 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Moravian |
Rally day in Laketown |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/8/1925 |
1 |
4 |
| Gerdsen, Albert & Emma |
Transferred to the board of trustees of the Laketown Moravian Church |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1925 |
1 |
1 |
| Churches - Victoria |
Moravian - Lake Auburn news - Albert & Emma Gerdsen transferred to the board of trustees of the Laketown Moravian Church |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1925 |
1 |
1 |
| Stacken, J. C. & P. H. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 28 |
|
1927 Plat map |
4/9/1927 |
28 |
0 |
| Fink, Fred & Plocher, E.R. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 14 |
|
1927 Plat Map |
4/10/1927 |
14 |
0 |
| Fink, Geo. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 14 |
|
1927 Plat map |
4/10/1927 |
14 |
0 |
| Fink, Geo. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 15 |
|
1927 Plat Map |
4/10/1927 |
15 |
0 |
| Fink, Fred |
Plat of Laketown Township. 39.02 acres. Section 12 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
12 |
0 |
| Fink, Emma |
Plat of Laketown Township. 54.93 acres. Section 12 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
12 |
0 |
| Fink, Christian |
Plat of Laketown Township. 97.40 acres. Section 10. |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
10 |
0 |
| Fink, G. |
Plat of Laketown Township. 11 acres. Section 10 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
10 |
0 |
| Peterson, Andrew |
Peterson's early Laketown settlers |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/17/1929 |
1 |
|
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