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More of Tremblay's barn art

Mollee Francisco — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:40:57 -0500

More of Tremblay's barn art can be seen on her Web site: www.tremblaygallery.com.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

You can catch Michele

Mollee Francisco — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:39:17 -0500

You can catch Michele Melina's painting exhibit “The Painted Barn: An Artist’s Tribute,” now through Oct. 26 in the Reedy Gallery at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (3675 Arboretum Drive).

Cost: $7 adults, free for members and children under 15

More info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1400

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

The 2008 Fall Barn Tour is

Mollee Francisco — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:37:44 -0500

The 2008 Fall Barn Tour is this Saturday and includes a tour of Carver County barns and discussions with current owners.

Presented by: The Carver County Historical Society (CCHS) and Friends of Minnesota Barns

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27

Cost: Tickets $40 for CCHS members, $50 for non-members

More info or to register: (952) 442-4234

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

Vern Wigfield operates a Web

Mollee Francisco — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:48:30 -0500

Vern Wigfield operates a Web site full of railroad-related photos - current and historic. Check it out here: http://vernwifgield.rrpicturearchives.net/default.aspx

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

This is a great sampling of

Mark Olson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:34:07 -0500

This is a great sampling of the festival -- try playing the clips at the same time, the sound creates a Threshing Symphony.

Executed Carver murderer

Mark Olson — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:06:49 -0500

Executed Carver murderer Andrew Tapper was buried in Layman's Cemetery in Minneapolis, following his hanging at the Carver County Courthouse near the turn of the century.

So there's at least one (morbid) local connection to this year's endangered list.

Read Tapper's tale at: www.chaskaherald.com/news/chaska-death-trip/carver-countys-first-and-las...

Why not consider using it as

dalmatianangel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:57:52 -0500

Why not consider using it as an education center much like the Ney Center by Henderson?

It appears some Carver

anion — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:10:08 -0500

It appears some Carver County retirees have too much time on their hands. There are a few opinionated cusses out there reading the local "rag" with a critical eye. For example, one ol'fart said the Rapids Lake Ed. Center is technically situated on a river terrace, not a river bluff as reported in the Gehl-Mittelsted article. Apparently, the nomenclature has something to do with whether the land feature in question is situated on the inside of a meander or the outside of a meander. What's a meander?

Is this entire reuse study a meander? If it is, is it sustainable? Or is it just killing time and wasting money, an exercise in the erosion of common sense? Is the timing of the study appropriate? When can we expect the next 50 or 100-year flood? Is this just some muckety-muck's keep-busy project? So much to ponder.

Stay-tooned all you small-town feel enthusiasts. We should learn more sometime around Xmas.

Anion

Linky love from the

Willard Hangtag — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:13:31 -0600

Linky love from the excellent folks at MinMon!
http://minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2989

With help from a pastor,

Mark Olson — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:08:41 -0500

With help from a pastor, Tapper found God before his execution.

Carver historian John von Walter dropped off “A Century of Blessings,” published in 1971, 100 years after Henry Raedeke arrived in the area to preach. Raedeke, who served as a pastor in Carver, as well as for the St. John's Lutheran Church parish in Chaska, ministered to Tapper while he was in jail.

The “Century” booklet included this story:

Hearing of the (murder), Pastor Raedeke went to see the man of death in order to bring him the message of Life. But the man, still clinging to life, would hear nothing of the Prince of Life.

And as Pastor Raedeke offered him a New Testament, the man took it and defiantly flung it on the floor, exclaiming that he cared to hear nothing about Jesus Christ. There was nothing more that the pastor could do but to pick up his New Testament and leave. And he must have left with heavy heart.

But after Mr. Tapper (misspelled as Tappen in the booklet) was tried and the sentence was spoken that he was to hang from the neck until he was dead, life assumed an entirely different meaning.

When he realized that before long he would be standing at the crossroads of life and the meeting place of all ages, this convicted murderer requested that the Lutheran preacher might come to see him again.During the six intervening months form the time of his trial until the time of his death, Pastor Raedeke was privileged to bring this man facing death the message of life. Mr. Tapper not only accepted Jesus Christ as his personal sin-atoning Savior and Prince of Life, but he also became a staunch confessor of Christ. …

The night before his execution, the pastor met with him in his cell for the last time and gave him the Lord’s upper. After receiving Christ’s body and blood under the elements of bread and wine for the forgiveness of his sins, for the strengthening of his faith and for the promise of heaven, the man mad a beautiful confession of his faith.

He said ‘Pastor, you know I’m rally more fortunate than you are. I know that before another sun sets I will be with my Savior in heaven, thanks largely to you. Know that my hour is come and I am will prepared to meet my God. You however, don’t know when your hour is coming nor how well you will be prepared … .

After the body was removed, many of the State officials and doctors who had come form great distances to witness one of the last hangings in the State of Minnesota, came to the pastors and stated, ‘We have witnessed many an execution, we have seen many a man face death, but never, never before in our lifetime have we seen a man face death so calmly and so peacefully.”

Carver historian John von

Mark Olson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:50:01 -0500

Carver historian John von Walter sent over a photo of the Basler House, the scene of the crime, and it was added to the online article.

The Basler House sat just south of what is now Lisa's Place, currently a vacant lot at the Broadway and Main streets intersection.

New residents who don't

Mark Olson — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:19:34 -0500

New residents who don't know Minnesota history, or long-time residents who forgot their sixth-grade state history, should be required to attend one of these sessions.

The Dakota Conflict was the most compelling and heart-wrenching periods in Minnesota history, and it still impacts us to this day.

For those who want a quick read on the topic, pick up "The Sioux Uprising of 1862," by Kenneth Carley. It provides a summary of the events with lots of illustrations.

Bonnie McDonald, executive

Mark Olson — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:51:56 -0500

Bonnie McDonald, executive director of the Preservation Alliance, responded to this post regarding an important distinction about the "Most Endangered" list:

"In your article, you wrote, 'Carver County, which had two buildings on the list last year (with the Gehl-Mittelsted and Andrew Peterson farmsteads) didn’t make the list this year.'

"Actually, once a property is place on the list of Ten Most Endangered properties, we consider that property “on the list” until we are certain that it has been saved or lost. We want to ensure that we continue to work towards a positive solution for our endangered properties until their future use is assured."