Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Watertown Roller BB vs Columbians |
Chaska 5- Watertown 1 |
|
Carver County News |
6/7/1895 |
5 |
6 |
| Luetke, Frank A. |
Watertown. Put in a new well |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/20/1895 |
8 |
|
| Cities - Watertown |
Board of Health - Mad dog shot after biting 20 dogs; most showed signs after a week & were killed. (All dogs in community tied or muzzled) |
Health & Welfare: Public Safety |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/11/1895 |
8 |
|
| Swanberg, Chas |
Farm for Sale 80 acres in watertown,40 acres cultivation and meadow balance in Hard maple |
|
Carver County News |
10/18/1895 |
1 |
4 |
| Giese, Fred |
Waconia (his 140 acre farm near Watertown was sold to Paul Noeske of Mayer) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/14/1895 |
8 |
|
| Ray, Marvin |
Watertown Creamery |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1895 |
8 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
Creamery: Mr. Roy & Mr. Burke are starting up their seperator creamery |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/5/1895 |
8 |
|
| Noeske, Paul (Mayer) |
Residence For Sale-Bought farm East of Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
12/6/1895 |
5 |
4 |
| Watertown Creamry |
Up and running drawing lots of new trade |
|
Carver County News |
12/27/1895 |
1 |
1-2 |
| Luebke, Henry & Family of Watertown |
Escape from drowning in Waconia Lake. |
|
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1/2/1896 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Creamery: Watertown's 1st week production, 3,248 lbs. |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/9/1896 |
8 |
|
| Elections |
Watertown(all newly elected officers listed) |
Politics & Elections: Election Returns |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/19/1896 |
8 |
|
| Churches - Watertown |
Swedish Lutheran Church - After 10 years as pastor, Rev. Lindquist is leaving for Graceville |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/19/1896 |
8 |
|
| Olson, J. P. |
Watertown (lost a 6 month old boy) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/16/1896 |
8 |
|
| "Watertown" Memorial Day Program |
List of Events occuring Memorial Day |
|
Carver County News |
5/22/1896 |
5 |
4-5 |
| Organizations - Hollywood/St. Patrick total Abstinence Society |
Large meeting at Watertown, elected officers & delegates |
Clubs & Associations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/18/1896 |
8 |
|
| Marshall, J. H. |
Is putting up new phone line going up between Watertown & Delano |
|
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7/24/1896 |
1 |
3 |
| Schools - Watertown |
Mr. Welter is putting a tar & gravel roof on the school house |
Buildings: Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/24/1896 |
4 |
|
| Nugent, Father John |
Watertown Catholic Priest. |
|
Carver County News |
9/25/1896 |
7 |
4 |
| Barber, Wm |
Watertown(foundation for residence started) |
Housing: New Homes |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/1/1896 |
5 |
|
| Corey, A.F. |
Watertown - residence is about completed |
Housing: New Homes |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/1/1896 |
5 |
|
| Finnegan, John M. |
Democratic Candidate for Sheriff visited Mayer on his way to Watertown Fair |
|
Carver County News |
10/16/1896 |
8 |
1 |
| Koehnan, Hon. Jno |
Democratic Candidate for Legislature visited church at watertown |
|
Carver County News |
10/23/1896 |
8 |
1 |
| Schrader, Dr. E. E. |
Watertown( purchased the Ahlstrom pproperty; plans to build a new home) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/22/1897 |
8 |
|
| Bridges |
Supervisors of Watertown & Hollywood still have not resolved how & when to fix the damaged bridge at Helvetia. |
Landmarks & Monuments |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/22/1897 |
8 |
|
| Bridges |
Supervisors of Hollywood & Watertown let bids for building a bridge over the Crow River, C. P. Jones of Mpls. got the contract. |
Landmarks & Monuments |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/6/1897 |
5 |
|
| Carlson, Chas. (Watertown) |
Married to - Antonia Steckard |
Human Relations: Marriage & Divorce |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/27/1897 |
8 |
|
| Hirsch, Ernest |
Watertown: house destroyed by fire |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/27/1897 |
8 |
|
| Halgren, Guy E. |
Purchased the Drug Store in Watertown from his father Hon. C. G. Halgren. |
|
Carver County News |
6/11/1897 |
1 |
1 |
| Haverty, Mrs John Sr. (Mary) |
died-buried form Catholic Church in Watertown |
|
Norwood Times |
7/9/1897 |
8 |
1 |
| Burns, J.D. |
Moves his newspaper to Watertown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/22/1897 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
Carver County News moving from Waconia to Watertown |
Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/26/1897 |
4 |
|
| Businesses - Watertown |
Waconia equipment purchased; office will be in the Phy. Meyer's Bldg. |
Communication: Newspapers |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/26/1897 |
8 |
|
| Flood, J. A. C. |
opened store on east side of river in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
9/2/1897 |
4 |
3 |
| Grannt, S. D. Dr. |
Drug store owner in Watertown killed in 1874 in a boiler explosion of steam thresher |
|
Carver County News |
9/2/1897 |
4 |
3 |
| Lewis, Eli F. |
opened first store on West side of the river in Watertown in 1858 |
|
Carver County News |
9/2/1897 |
4 |
3 |
| Newspapers - Carver County |
First issue printed in Watertown, Thursday |
Communication: Newspapers |
Carver County News |
9/2/1897 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Watertown |
Historical sketch of the village of Watertown |
History: Reminiscences |
Carver County News |
9/2/1897 |
4 |
2 - 4 |
| Sextion, Daniel |
Moved From Minnewaukan, Montana: Buried at Watertown |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Herald Journal |
9/24/1897 |
1 |
4 |
| Barth, Frank A. |
Had a handsome testimonial from his friends in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
11/4/1897 |
5 |
5 |
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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