Another grain company that had an elevator in St. Vincent in 1879 - listed in that year's Business Directory - was the Red Wing Mill Co.
Also, the Red River Valley Elevator Co., and the Pembina Elevator Co. had grain warehouses in St. Vincent in the 1880s.
In 1917, the Co-operative Manager & Farmer wrote about St. Vincent, Minnesota: "A 65% dividend was declared at the annual meeting of the Farmers' Elevator Company. The Manager was given a bonus amounting to $180. About $2,000 was placed in the sinking fund."
1888 St. Vincent map (west end), showing grain elevator on riverbank
The next year, in 1918, incorporation articles were filed for the new St. Vincent Elevator Company, with capital stock of $50,000; the incorporators were William N. Gamble, William Ash, W.E. Ford, John Duff, and Otto Thorson.
"The St. Vincent Elevator Company, a new farmers' organization, of St. Vincent Township, has bought the elevator and mill business of the St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company, which also includes the coal sheds, two dwellings, and two coal sheds at Sultan, the first station east of here on the Soo Line.
"The elevator, in addition to handling grain, will handle lumber and building material, also coal and seeds. Mr. Harry Ward Davis is the new manager."
It is evident from the news article at left, together with the other information earlier in this post, that the local farmers eventually realized they had to organize their own elevator to get the best prices they could for their grain. Their legacy is still going strong over a century later, with the Humboldt-St. Vincent Elevator Association...
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