Description
The Chaska Historical Society was officially organized in 1980 by a group of people who recognized the need to record and preserve the history of Chaska. The Chaska society, a chapter of the Carver County Historical Society, is located in the Chaska History Center at 112 West Fourth Street in a newly restored 1890 Livery Stable. The organization is led by a nine member elected Board of Directors which meets quarterly. The annual meeting of the membership is held each fall. The dues of the Chaska society also cover membership in the county historical society. Members have the opportunity to share in many county and local historical programs and events. The Chaska History Center has become a resource center for researching the history of Chaska and its people through exhibits, photographs, letters, diaries, maps, artifacts, documents and copies of the Chaska Herald newspaper. Current activities of the society include the creation of a digital cataloguing system which will eventually be accessible online, research on the third volume of the Chaska history book, Chaska, A Minnesota River City, developing exhibits and displays and the staffing of the History Center by volunteers Tuesday through Friday each week. Available at the Chaska History Center: - extensive photograph collection, some of which was donated by the Werner Studio family, which depicts Chaska people, industry, schools, civic organizations, military personnel, street scenes, city and county government, cultural...