Watercolor on paper depicting Chief Wabasha’s village on the Mississippi River. Painted c.1845 by Seth Eastman.

Wabasha's village

Watercolor on paper depicting Wabasha’s village of Mdewakanton Dakota on the Mississippi River, 650 miles above St. Louis. Painted ca.1845 by Seth Eastman.

Color postcard depecting Waconia City Hall.

Waconia City Hall

Postcard depicting the second city hall building in Waconia. Refurbished into senior apartments in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This building was nominated to the National Register for Historic Places.

Black and white photograph of Waconia Patriot editor and publisher Charles Reil in his office, 1917.

Waconia Patriot editor and publisher Charles Reil in his office

Waconia Patriot editor and publisher Charles Reil in his office, 1917.

Photograph of Waconia public school (District #44) c.1892. Photograph Collection, Carver County Historical Society, Waconia.

Waconia public school

Photograph of Waconia public school (District #44) with students and teachers, c.1892. Photograph Collection, Carver County Historical Society, Waconia.

Postcard with an image of Waconia public school in 1900. Created by the St. Paul Souvenir Company in St. Paul. Photograph Collection, Carver County Historical Society, Waconia.

Waconia public school

Postcard with an image of Waconia public school in 1900. Created by the St. Paul Souvenir Company in St. Paul. Photograph Collection, Carver County Historical Society, Waconia.

Color postcard depicting a Waconia Street Scene, c.1900.

Waconia Street Scene

Postcard depicting Main Street in Waconia in the early, c.1900.

Waconia Street Scene, 1868.

Waconia Street Scene

Main Street of Waconia in 1868.

Cover art for Waiting for a Spaceship, by J. Otis Powell‽ (Spout Press, 2017).

Waiting for a Spaceship

Cover art for Waiting for a Spaceship, by J. Otis Powell‽ (Spout Press, 2017).

Black and white photograph of Dakota leader Wakan Ozanzan(Medicine Bottle) at Fort Snelling, 1864.

Wakan Ozanzan (Medicine Bottle) at Fort Snelling

Wakan Ozanzan (Medicine Bottle) at Fort Snelling, 1864.

Wakan Ozanzan’s village

Wakan Ozanzan’s village

The village of Wakan Ozanzan (Medicine Bottle) on the Mississippi River (at present-day Pine Bend) in a view recorded by Seth Eastman in the 1840s and printed by Henry Lewis as a lithograph on paper ca. 1855.

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