Credits

Photographs

Most photographs on this site belong to the Waconia Heritage Association collection and appeared on its earlier website. The photographs of the 1904 cyclone and several street scenes are displayed courtesy of the Carver County Historical Society. The 2020 aerial views are by J Fuerst Real Estate Photography.

These photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown:

• 2009-0713-Waconia-LakeWaconia.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• Coney Island of the West.jpg by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
• 2009-0713-MN17-Waconia-ConeyIslandW.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• Waconia sunset.jpg by Ltp1220, CC BY-SA 4.0
• 2009-0713-Waconia-CityHall.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• Waconia tornado damage 1965.jpg by National Weather Service (Minneapolis-St. Paul office), Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
• 2009-0713-Waconia-EmileAmblard.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• 2009-0713-Waconia-MockFactory.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• 2009-0713-Waconia-CharlesMaiser.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• 2009-0713-Waconia-WMainHouses.jpg by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0
• Carver County Historical Society Museum-front-3qtr right.jpg by Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Peterson Farmhouse-front.jpg by Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Borchardt Granary-front.jpg by Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Minnesota Winery on a Summer Day.jpg by Emsarge15, CC0

Maps

The historic maps are from the association’s collection. The street map in the archive preview is drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

Facts

Each fact on the home page links to its source: MNopedia and the Minnesota Historical Society, the Minnesota DNR, Carver County, the National Park Service and the Sun Patriot.

Design

Built with the open-source Taste Skill design system (MIT licence). Type set in Source Serif 4 and Libre Franklin from Google Fonts.