On Main Street East east of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east.
Carver Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Church by-the River,
Presbyterian Church
1913 — — Map (db m79234) HM
On Broadway Street North at 4th Street East, on the right when traveling north on Broadway Street North.
Carver Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Funk Hardware Store
ca. 1880 — — Map (db m79278) HM
On Broadway Street (County Highway 40) at Main Street West (County Highway 40), on the right when traveling south on Broadway Street.
Carver Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Minnesota Valley Oil Co.
1925 — — Map (db m75255) HM
On Broadway Street at Main Street West (County Highway 40), on the right when traveling south on Broadway Street.
Carver Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Stephen Kult Clothing Store
1871 — — Map (db m79125) HM
On Oak Street North north of 4th Street East (County Highway 40), on the right when traveling north.
Carver Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Trinity Lutheran Church
1914 — — Map (db m79158) HM
On West 4th Street west of North Chestnut Street (Minnesota Highway 41), on the right when traveling west.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Brinkhaus Livery Stable
1890 — — Map (db m59555) HM
On North Walnut Street south of East 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
City Square Park
City Square in Chaska has always been a gathering place and the heart of this community. The land was set aside for public purpose in 1852 in the original plat. Early settlers in Chaska found six earthen mounds on this . . . — — Map (db m63707) HM
On North Chestnut Street (State Highway 41) at Hundertmark Road, on the left when traveling north on North Chestnut Street.
This silo marks the site of the Christian Bender farm, homesteaded in 1854. George Bender, grandson of Christian, sold the farm to Henry McKnight in 1963. This was the first farm to become part of Jonathan.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m60394) HM
On Chaska Boulevard (County Highway 61) 0.3 miles west of North Hickory Street (County Road 140), on the right when traveling west.
By 1804 Jean B. Faribault was trading in furs for the Northwest Company near the "Little Rapids" of the Minnesota River, 5 miles south of this point, and in this vicinity. His fur post of 1824 on the site of Chaska became the nucleus for the first . . . — — Map (db m41051) HM
Dedicated by the Luther League to the honor of the men from the East Union Evangelical Lutheran Church who took part in the World War 1914-1918.
George W. Lundquist •
Clarence A. Ekström •
Wilhard E. Olander •
Henry R. Nord •
J. Elmer A. . . . — — Map (db m94398) WM
On 1st St NW at County Highway 25, on the right when traveling east on 1st St NW.
James J. Hill
The Dakota Rail Regional Trail follows the route of a former railroad line that was once part of the Great Northern Railway. Built by James J. Hill in the late 1800s, this historic line played a part in connecting Minnesota to . . . — — Map (db m98390) HM
Near Grimm Road west of Victoria Drive (County Route 11), on the right when traveling west.
"The production of a forage plant so hardy as Grimm Alfalfa is almost without parallel in plant history... It is impossible to compute in dollars and cents what it has meant to the nation."
Everett Edwards, 1938
U.S. Department . . . — — Map (db m212539) HM
Near Grimm Road west of Victoria Drive (County Route 11), on the right when traveling west.
The Big Woods
When the first Euro-American settlers came to this area in the 1850s, the land looked very different than it does today. At that time, the spot where you now stand would have been near the center of a two-million-acre hardwood . . . — — Map (db m212415) HM
Near Grimm Road west of Victoria Drive (County Route 11), on the right when traveling west.
The Brick Farmhouse
The brick farmhouse before you was built by the Grimm family sometime around 1875. It replaced a small log cabin where the family had lived since they first acquired the property in 1857. More than just a new home, this . . . — — Map (db m212381) HM
On East 1st Street east of South Pine Street, on the left when traveling east.
To the Memory
of the
Defenders of the
Union,
1861 to 1865.
Erected by the Citizens
of
Carver County in 1892.
F. Anthony, S.M. Alexander, Ch. All, A. Arneson, L. Anderson, C.F. Anderson, S. Anderson, A.G. Anderson, J. Anderson, . . . — — Map (db m71715) WM
On Burandt Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
There was a time, not long ago, that harvesting meant long hours of hard manual labor. The process of harvesting grain meant first cutting the grain with a cradle scythe. The stalks were then gathered by hand and tied into bundles. Groups of 15-20 . . . — — Map (db m163406) HM
Near East Main Street west of South Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west.
World War II
Poland -
Battle of the Atlantic -
Pearl Harbor -
Bataan -
Corregidor -
Coral Sea -
Midway -
Guadalcanal -
North Africa -
Bismarck Sea -
Salerno -
Tarawa -
Kwajalein -
Normandy -
Southern France -
The . . . — — Map (db m72282) WM
On East Main Street west of Spruce Street, on the left when traveling west.
Erected in Memory
of Those Who Served
During the World War
1914 —— 1918
Allmann Andrew •
Bade Ed. •
Bade Henry •
Beck Walter •
Beiersdorf O.H. •
Boettcher Otto •
Boehmke Herb •
Brandenburg Henry . . . — — Map (db m71520) WM
Near Mill Avenue Northeast, 0.1 miles north of Carter Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north.
Watertown is one of the oldest settlements in Minnesota’s south central region. Chief Little Crow of the Dakota Nation and his tribe often camped by the Crow River. At first the Chief and the settlers trusted each . . . — — Map (db m213030) HM
On Lewis Avenue North just north of Territorial Street West, on the right when traveling north.
Minnie Christina Peterson Upon her father's death in 1914, Minnie became the sole proprietor of the Watertown General Merchandise Store. It's been said that Minnie was "way ahead of her time for a business woman." She passed away in a tragic . . . — — Map (db m213045) HM
On Mill Avenue Northeast just north of Carter Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north.
Kathryn M. Burns "There are no words that can ever begin to describe the depth and meaning of the years that Kitty helped serve multiple patients in the Watertown and Waconia area. Kitty was truly a gracious, caring, and loving unselfish . . . — — Map (db m213084) HM
On Lewis Avenue North, 0.1 miles north of Territorial Street West, on the right when traveling north.
Civil War 100 Watertown pioneers served in the Union Army during the Civil War. They served in infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments. By 1865 there was not a man left in the area between the ages of 18 and 45; the town remained at a . . . — — Map (db m213070) HM
