Historic Carver On the Minnesota River by John von Walter

John von Walter has spent 10 to 15 years working on a book that documents the history of the city of Carver, Minnesota, USA.

The physical book is available for purchase for a suggested donation of at least $40 from the Carver County Historical Society in Waconia. The digital version is freely available at the following link.

Click here to download “Historic Carver On the Minnesota River” by John von Walter

Proceeds for the book are split equally between the Carver County Historical Society and the non-profit Carver-on-the-Minnesota. The digital work is freely available and has been dedicated to the public domain and marked with CC0 1.0 Universal.

The work was made and funded under the umbrella of non-profit Carver-on-the-Minnesota, Incorporated.

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