Portrait of Jonathan Carver, who was an early explorer of the area that later became Carver County.

Aerial View of Chaska, 1988. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Aerial View of Waconia, 1981. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Aerial View of Chanhassen, 1981. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Aerial View of Carver, 1969. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Woods in Carver County, c.1915.

Map of Carver County, 1913. Map by the Minnesota Map Publishing Company.

Image depicting the 1876 Chaska brick Wendelin and Julianna Grimm house, showing 1924 Grimm alfalfa marker in foreground, 2004.

A.B. Lyman transports Grimm alfalfa seeds from his farm, Alfalfadale, near Chanhassen, c.1902–1910.

Wendelin and Julianna Grimm. Mr. Grimm is the originator of Grimm's Alfalfa, c.1870.