150 Years Ago: From the Feb. 18, 1875 Shakopee Argus
On Saturday last a young gent and lady took a plunging bath in a snow drift. It is reported it happened in this wise—but we cannot vouch for its truth: They were out taking a sleigh ride and the young gent was trying to coax the lady to go to the next dance with him. In doing so he dropped the lines, the horse turned out of the road and upset the cutter plunging the occupants into the snow drift. The horse broke loose from the cutter, left the lady and gent floundering in the snow and bewildered on the prairie, and he (the horse) came home in wild glee over the fun. It is almost a miracle the young lady and gent did not improve the opportunity and wash each other’s face in the beautiful snow.
125 Years Ago: From the Feb. 15, 1900 Scott County Argus
The German congregation of the local Lutheran church has invested in new hymn books of very recent issue. 200 copies were purchased, and they were in use for the first time last Sunday.
125 Years Ago: From the Feb. 16, 1900 Shakopee Tribune
E. J. Gellenbeck is laying a new floor in his store.
100 Years Ago: From the Feb. 20, 1925 Shakopee Argus
Herman Menz tested the new roller skating rink to his sorrow Sunday evening and is nursing a broken arm as the result of a fall.
100 Years Ago: From the Feb. 19, 1925 Shakopee Tribune
Ed H. Mertz of Minneapolis was in Shakopee last Friday and Saturday putting new signs on the plate glass windows of the Lee Gelhaye restaurant and the Brunswick Music Shoppe. Both of the signs are very artistic and add greatly to the general appearance of the respective places of business on which they were placed.
75 Years Ago: From the Feb. 16, 1950 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
City to Get Statue of Liberty Replica
That Shakopee will have a large replica of the famed statue of Liberty that stands on Dodge Island in New York harbor was disclosed Thursday night at a meeting of the Shakopee Boy Scout troop committee.
Members of the committee were informed that Henry C. Husman had made an individual contribution to the Boy Scout troop for the specific purpose of purchasing the eight-foot copper statue which he has ordered to arrive here by May 1…
75 Years Ago: From the Feb. 16, 1950 Shakopee Valley News
Shakopee Invites State Prep Meet
Shakopee has submitted an invitation to the state high school league to hold the 1950 state baseball tournament in Riverside Park, Supt. Al Wurst advised this week. The site and dates of the tourney will be picked at a meeting this winter of the state high school league executive committee. The high school meet is the only major state baseball tourney that has never been staged in Shakopee’s Riverside Park.
50 Years Ago: From the Feb. 19, 1975 Shakopee Valley News
Citizens advisory committee readied for bond issue drive
Over 30 members of the Citizens Advisory Committee met Tuesday evening at the Shakopee Fire Department building to finalize plans for the March 11 bond issue question that will put a Municipal Service Building and an indoor ice facility before Shakopee voters…
Briefly, the bond issue will be in the form of two questions, on two ballots. Defeat of one question does not spell defeat for the other. Voters will be asked to provide $850,000 for a new Municipal Service Building, which would house police offices and a new Public Service facility.
Of that $850,000, $63,000 would be required for remodeling of the Fire Department and expansion of that facility into the existing Public Service garage.
25 Years Ago: From the Feb. 17, 2000 Shakopee Valley News
Antique, gift shop opens in downtown
Old Town Antiques & Gifts is a new, unique little shop that just opened in downtown Shakopee. It is located at 120 First Ave. E., next door to the bakery.
The shop carries antiques, antique furniture, and also has a full line of new gifts, collectibles, greeting cards, gift wrap and balloons. It also features several antique dealers from the surrounding area, and carries handmade products by local artisans, such as quilts, ceramics and soaps…
Interested in local history? Find even more at the Shakopee Heritage Society website.
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