Although mislabeled, the video below is indeed a very brief clip of a Ferry Command operation, towing planes across the US/Canadian border at Pembina ND/Emerson MB. We didn't know it existed until recently. A real treasure of a find!
The man in the long coat at the beginning of the film is Harry Wood, of Pembina ND, as identified by his granddaughter, Lori Wood Goertzen.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Excellence in Local History Award
Wonderful news arrived in today's mail. The work here on this blog has been recognized and awarded the Excellence in Local History award by the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
It is an amazing honor to be chosen for this award. It is my hope that this award will bring further recognition to the amazing local history of my hometown, its neighbors, and the surrounding communities which are so interrelated. The individuals that make up these communities are related by blood, marriage, and culture, and their shared histories deserve not only to be recognized, but remembered...
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