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Name Subject Categories Source Date Pg Col
Newspaper  LPH- Lester Prairie Herald, Cfp-Carver Free Press, Hj-Herald Journal, Cn, Cnn- Carver County News, Wp- Waconia Patriot, Wvh-Weekly Valley Herald, Ch-Chaska Herad,    Norwood Times  2/24/1800  1  1 
Erb, Alexander  Fire at Waconia: The hotel and dwelling house of Alexander Erb was destroyed by fire.    Weekly Valley Herald  2/10/1866  1   
Niehaus, Henry  Fire: Stor building in Waconia burned down    Weekly Valley Herald  8/24/1867  1   
Stagecoach  Stage-Travels from Carver to Waconia & Watertwon, every Monday & Thursday.  Government: Licensing & Franchises: Vehicle Transport  Weekly Valley Herald  8/14/1868  1   
Roads  Completed: The alternation of the Chaska & Waconia road is completed  Transportation: Roads & Highways  Weekly Valley Herald  12/3/1869  1   
Bartosh, Frank  Found dead on the road, died from unknown cause. A man from Waconia  Reference Sources: Death Records  Weekly Valley Herald  3/9/1871  1   
Kerker, Thomas  Personal. The Kerker family from Waconia, moved to Chaska    Weekly Valley Herald  11/21/1872  1   
Ferber, Fritz  Waconia Items [drowned in Heyds Lake June 28th. He and his brother had worked around the area and just brought their folks over from Germany]    Weekly Valley Herald  7/10/1873  1   
Churches - Waconia  St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Proposal for building brick church, invites bids for building the Catholic Church Building, A brick structure in Waconia  Religion: Churches: Catholic  Weekly Valley Herald  7/10/1873  1   
Lavine, John  Contract let. Awarded contract for building the foundation of the Catholic Church in Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  8/14/1873  1   
Zahler, Frank  Formerly of Waconia purchased store and property of Mr. Kreigher of Helvetia    Weekly Valley Herald  8/21/1873  1   
Byhoffer., Jacob  Completing a bridge he started on his own. It crosses Chaska creek on the Waconia road near his residence    Weekly Valley Herald  10/16/1873  1   
Lakes - Lake Minnetonka  An act to construct chanel connecting Minnetonka & Waconia Lakes(Gives text of Act)  Geography: Lakes  Weekly Valley Herald  4/16/1874  1   
Lakes - Waconia Lake  An act, to construct chanel connecting Minnetonka & Waconia Lakes  Geography: Lakes  Weekly Valley Herald  4/16/1874  1   
Iltis, Peter  Making extensive improvements in his brewery-also about to build a beer cellar near junction of Laketown aaaa, Waconia and Chaska roads.    Weekly Valley Herald  8/20/1874  4   
Churches - Waconia  St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Waconia will build a large brick church  Religion: Churches: Catholic  Weekly Valley Herald  5/20/1875  4   
Thomas, John  Home Item: Died: One of first settlers of Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  7/8/1875  4   
Mock, G.  Mock formerly of Waconia bought a steam and water power mill in Helena    Weekly Valley Herald  3/28/1878  4   
Adolph, John  Resident of Waconia, leaving for Adiran, Nobels Co.  Travel and Tourism  Weekly Valley Herald  5/16/1878  4   
Mock, George  Has been appointed Post-Master at Helena, was formerly of Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  5/16/1878  4   
McLean, Frank  Plastered Waconia and Benton Church    Weekly Valley Herald  5/16/1878  4   
O'Hair, T. H.  In Nobles Co.-Former teacher in Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  5/16/1878  4   
O'Hair, T. H.  In Nobles Co.-Former teacher in Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  5/16/1878  4   
Becht, Maj.  Major Becht's Funeral (Mrs. Becht, formerly Miss Schilling of Waconia)  Social Life & Customs: Funerals  Weekly Valley Herald  6/6/1878  4   
Lakes - Lake Waconia  Salmon for Lake Waconia  Geography: Lakes  Weekly Valley Herald  6/6/1878  4   
Johnson, G. P.  Drowning in Lake Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  6/13/1878  4  0 
Lakeview Cemetery (Waconia Public)  New picket fence around public cemetery  Landmarks & Monuments  Weekly Valley Herald  6/27/1878  1  2 
Storms 1878  Destructive hail storm in the Waconia locality.  Weather: Storms  Weekly Valley Herald  8/1/1878  1   
Sons of Herman Lodge - Waconia  Established    Weekly Valley Herald  12/5/1878  4  0 
Churches - Waconia  Zoar Moravian Church to be renovated  Religion: Denominations  WVH (Laketown Items)  2/20/1879  1   
Churches - Waconia  Zoar Moravian Church - Plans for building a new parsonage  Religion: Denominations  WVH (Laketown Items)  5/1/1879  1   
Businesses - Waconia Mill  Bierline Brothers have determined to move their flour mill to Chaska  Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring  Weekly Valley Herald  5/29/1879  4   
Miller, Alex  Purchased the Waconia saw mill and mill building    Weekly Valley Herald  6/26/1879  4   
Businesses - Waconia  Waconia Saw Mill sold  Business & Industry: Forest Industries, Sawmills & Lumber  Weekly Valley Herald  6/26/1879  4   
Schirmer, Daniel  Good Building Prospects in waconia-will erect residence similar to Maetzold's    Weekly Valley Herald  1/1/1880  1   
Weiser, Stanius  Good building prospects in Waconia    Weekly Valley Herald  1/1/1880  1   
Churches - Waconia  St. Joseph's Catholic Church - Good building prospects in Waconia - Congregation to build large brick school house  Religion: Schools  Weekly Valley Herald  1/1/1880  1   
Wessel, M. (Math)  Section 5 Waconia Twnsp.  Geography: Maps  1880 Plat Map  1/1/1880  0   
Wessel, John  Sec. 25 Waconia twnsp.  Geography: Maps  1880 Plat Map  1/1/1880  0   
R.R  1880 Waconia twp. Plat map    Sec 25 40A  1/1/1880  1   
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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