Carver Co. History

Collecting, preserving, interpreting, and sharing local Carver County history. Manage the Historic Andrew Peterson Farmstead.

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There's still a few hours to help us get to our goal!
The North barn had previously collapsed and was restored in 2017. With your help, we can restore the farmhouse and turn it into a center for education and culture!
https://t.co/BYzycXNARV
#GTMD19 #givetothemaxday

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#GTMD2019 We're at $785 of our $2000 goal for the day! Thanks to everyone for helping us get this far! You can help us reach our goal by donating at https://t.co/BYzycY5bJt

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Today is the big day! Any amount helps us towards our goal of creating an education and cultural center at the historic Andrew Peterson Farm.
https://t.co/BYzycXNARV
#GTMD19

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Tomorrow is #GTMD19! Check out our new video!
https://t.co/JWCrJVKUzC

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#STEMandSTEAMDay Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, & Mathematics. . .Educate the whole brain. 👩‍⚕️👨‍🏫👩‍🔬👨‍🎨🎨🎼🔬🧬

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#NoSHAVEmber In honor of not shaving off those beards for winter, here are some "classic" beards in the CCHS collection. 🧔

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#FirewoodDay Peter and Hannah Johnson enjoying a wonderful MN winter day, undated. . .note the pile of firewood at right to warm them up again. 🔥

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#ForAllTheWorldToSee #NEHExhibits Busy morning unloading the crates into the museum. We will let the acclimatize over the weekend and get busy installing on Monday!

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MN governor Harold Stassen signing the charter to create the United Nations in 1945. FDR selected Stassen as one of eight U.S. delegates who joined representatives from 50 countries to establish this new international body. #UnitedNationsDay

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Spotted this gorgeous illustrated postcard on the MNHS Press board today. What if we asked students to use an application like Canva to create posters like this, based on research of course, to hang around the school? #sschat

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Learn more about our upcoming exhibit, For All the World to See, & its originating institution: https://t.co/Xj6VDWPkBI

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#MondayMotivation Last weekend may have been the last nice days of fall- even get their gardens and lawns cleaned and raked up? 🍂🍁 Seen below in the Bennyhoff family working in their garden, circa 1920s, Hazelton, Hollywood Township.

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#BlindAmericansEqualityDay
This Braille marker belonged to Francis Schug. He went to the Faribault School for the Blind. He was taught to read and write Braille. He used this marker and poker to mark his cards because he loved to play cards with people from town and country.

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#AppleMonth The last surviving apple tree on the Historic Andrew Peterson Farmstead. This Polaroid dates to 1977. None of the original orchard survives today. 🍎🍏

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🌽#CornMonth Seen below is the New Germany Corn Festival. The dancers seen are all wearing costumes made out of corn. Undated. 🌽

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#InternationalInterpretersAndTranslatersWeek In honor of the hard-working translators of the Andrew Peterson diaries. Watch for articles in this week's Chaska Herald and Chanhassen Villager, and watch for the book itself, also due out this week!

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#FallHatMonth 👒🎩 Astra Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star : delegates to district meeting in Hutchinson, undated.

Left to right: Lulu Truwe, Minnie Ackermann, Emma Bachmann, Marie Klobe, Christine Hansen, Pauline Ackermann