Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Sutherland, Mr & Mrs A V |
and daughter Joyce, visited at the Rev. A. Sandin's home near Watertown Friday evening |
|
Carver County News |
7/29/1937 |
5 |
3 |
| Watertown Canning Factory |
now operating |
|
Carver County News |
8/19/1937 |
1 |
4 |
| Ulferts, Carl |
Broke his right arm while in the act of cranking a tractor on his fathers farm, near Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
8/19/1937 |
2 |
1 |
| Schools - Carver County |
School districts are zoned into Hi school area - Shows which districts will bus students to 4 high schools in Chaska #5, Watertown #32, Waconia #44, & Central area #78 |
- Government: Planning & Growth: Zoning
- Transportation: Buses |
Waconia Patriot |
8/19/1937 |
1 |
|
| Two school Buses will |
transport students here at watertown |
|
Carver County News |
8/26/1937 |
1 |
1 |
| Father Kidnaps |
own son in Watertown Sunday |
|
Carver County News |
8/26/1937 |
1 |
6 |
| Watertown High School |
has largest attendance in its history |
|
Carver County News |
9/16/1937 |
1 |
1 |
| Wendorf, August |
86 years of age of Southwest of Watertown called at our office yeasterday AM and renewed The News, & also put in a notice that his farm is for sale or rent |
|
Carver County News |
10/7/1937 |
5 |
2 |
| Seck, Edward |
Purchased the O'Brien House & Property in Watertown |
|
Carver County News |
10/14/1937 |
2 |
2 |
| Meyer, Henry |
Watertown Fire Dept, called to farm house due to a bad chimney fire |
|
Carver County News |
12/23/1937 |
4 |
1 |
| Brown, Alfred John 'A J' |
Diary reveals Watertown had 54 degrees below zero in 1888 |
|
Carver County News |
1/20/1938 |
1 |
6 |
| Heck, Eugene |
Services were held Friday at Watertown |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/3/1938 |
5 |
4 |
| Airports & Aircrafts |
Airplane makes forced landing at Watertown |
Transportation: Airports |
Waconia Patriot |
9/1/1938 |
1 |
|
| Schools - Watertown |
Watertown has received a $16,650. grant from the federal government for an addition to the high school |
- Education: Home Schooling
- Government: Finance and Funding: Budget |
Waconia Patriot |
9/8/1938 |
8 |
|
| Schools - Watertown |
Watertown has received a $16,650 grant from the federal government for an addition to the high school |
Buildings: Schools |
Waconia Patriot |
9/8/1938 |
8 |
|
| Churches - Watertown |
St. Peters Lutheran - St. Petri mens choir observes anniversary |
- Religion: Churches: Lutheran
- Anniversaries |
CCN - Misc. Old Time Newspapers |
10/27/1938 |
1 |
1 |
| Organizations - Watertown |
Legion 121 honor roll for 1918 |
Government: Organizations |
CCN (CNN !950 Book) |
11/10/1938 |
6 |
1 |
| Speckel, J.W. |
Names of who attended funeral at Watertown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/2/1939 |
2 |
2 |
| Bridges |
Two New Bridges for Watertown This Summer |
|
Carver County News |
3/30/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Bridges-Watertown |
Old landmark being demolished for a new Modern Structure |
|
Carver County News |
4/27/1939 |
1 |
4 |
| Watertown Bridge |
Digging Machine Mines down at the bridge project |
|
Carver County News |
5/4/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Bridges-Watertown |
Digging Machine Mines down at the bridge project |
|
Carver County News |
6/22/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Watertown Bridge |
Digging Machine Mines down at the bridge project |
|
Carver County News |
6/29/1939 |
1 |
6 |
| Bridges-Watertown |
Dedication of New Bridge |
|
Carver County News |
8/3/1939 |
1 |
1 |
| Bridges-Watertown |
Dedication of New Bridge |
|
Carver County News |
8/3/1939 |
6 |
6 |
| Bridge Watertown |
Large number from the coursthouse in Chaska took in the dedication of the new bridge at Watertown |
Neighborhoods & Districts |
Waconia Patriot |
8/10/1939 |
7 |
|
| Bridges-Watertown |
Dedication of New Bridge |
|
Carver County News |
8/10/1939 |
1 |
1 |
| Roads |
Work of graveling the Waconia/Maple/Watertown road began this week |
Transportation: Roads & Highways |
Waconia Patriot |
9/7/1939 |
8 |
|
| Crime |
Trio of stolen cars returned, safe cracker who broke in to Watertown school believed notorious one. |
Law & Justice: Crime: Robbery & Theft |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/21/1939 |
1 |
|
| Personal Property Tax - 1939 |
Watertown |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Carver County News |
1/4/1940 |
6 |
|
| Postal Service - Watertown |
Mary O'Herron named new postmistress |
Communication: Postal Service: Post Offices |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/29/1940 |
3 |
1 |
| Ehlen, Herbert E. |
Mr. Ehlen to be installed as teacher at Watertown |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/7/1940 |
1 |
|
| Ehlen, Herbert E. |
Mr. Ehlen to be installed as teacher at Watertown |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/14/1940 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Watertown |
Fastest growing Carver County community |
Growth & Development: Planning |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/14/1940 |
1 |
3 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Work is almost completed on the remodeling of the Winkler Bldg., into a drug store |
Business & Industry: Pharmacies |
WVH (3 separate items in the column) |
4/18/1940 |
7 |
2 |
| Erickson, Elmer |
Watertown Vet Honored. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/13/1940 |
4 |
1 |
| Hill, Ralph |
Hill age 13, drowns in Crow River, Watertown |
|
Waconia Patriot |
6/27/1940 |
1 |
|
| Population & Census |
Watertown number is up |
Demographics: Population |
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/11/1940 |
4 |
2 |
| Menth, Mr. & Mrs. Loren |
In Watertown |
Human Relations: Daily Living |
Carver County News |
8/22/1940 |
5 |
2 |
| Menth, Mr. & Mrs. Loren |
In Watertown |
Human Relations: Daily Living |
Carver County News |
9/5/1940 |
5 |
2 |
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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