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Chaska, Carver, MN, USA
In 1776, Jonathan Carver explored the lands along the Minnesota River and chronicled his journeys. French Canadian fur traders traveled the waterways, trading with the Dakota in the early 19th century. During this time, Jean-Baptiste Faribault established a trading post in Chaska.
In 1851, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux officially opened Little Rapids, as Chaska was then known, to settlement. Soon after, speculators moved into the new territory. Among the earliest was Thomas Andrew Holmes who, in August 1851, claimed a 20-acre (81,000 m2) clearing as the Chaska townsite.
The name "Chaska" is derived from a Dakota word often given as a name to the first born male child.
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1868 - Two women living near Chaska, Minn., died on the 29th ult., from the effect of poison received while killing potato bugs.
One at her dinner without washing her hands after killing the vermin, and died in most terrible agony. The other received venom through sores in her...Read MORE...- 1895 - Chaska
Chas'ka, a post-town, capital of Carver co, Minn., is in Chaska township, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, and on the Minneapolis & St....Read MORE... 
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Chaska, a banking city, capital of Carver co., Minn., on the north bank of the Minnesota River and on the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Chicago,...Read MORE... 
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1868 - Two women living near Chaska, Minn., died on the 29th ult., from the effect of poison received while killing potato bugs.
One at her dinner without washing her hands after killing the vermin, and died in most terrible agony. The other received venom through sores in her... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chaska
Chas'ka, a post-town, capital of Carver co, Minn., is in Chaska township, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, and on the Minneapolis & St.... Read MORE...
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Chaska, a banking city, capital of Carver co., Minn., on the north bank of the Minnesota River and on the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Chicago,... Read MORE...
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