St. Vincent Memories

I n this edition of the "Water Cooler":   A wonderful visit among old friends and neighbors brings up some interesting recollectio...

"We can talk good roads," he continued, "until we are blue in the face if there is not that great highway running between ...

W e are in the midst of the Centennial years of WWI . Many men from Kittson County fought in the "Great War", or the "War to ...

I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain — and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light....  ...

" I remember the bear quite well - it was the talk of the town [Humboldt], it used to ride in the car with them. My dad told me of one...

"... H umboldt always had outside presentations called lyceums. One lyceum featured three black singer singers. Another lyceum displ...

T his time, the water cooler chatter turned to our neighboring town - and good friends - Humboldt, MN. Michael Rustad My Mother, Pat ...

R ecently, on a social media site, a few individuals who grew up in or near Humboldt, MN were reminiscing... Deacon Jim Hunt One of m...

Controlled Burn:  Older section of school T here were no girls in the senior class of 1987, forcing Humboldt-St. Vincent to do without a...

Bobby Stewart aboard "Ocean Roar" in 1969 Kentucky Derby [Credit: Assiniboia Downs Archives] Bobby Stewart would be my pick ...

Threshing at the Walter Hill Farm in Northcote (1900);  this was the year my grandmother began working in the farm's dairy. [Click...

Nancy gives Cheer a treat... [Diamond Family Collection] I recently posted a story about a crow who was raised by humans, and there...

R uth Younggren, a first grade teacher of poor children in Minnesota, yearly spent the first two weeks teaching the sounds of English and...

T he other day, I mentioned crows, which brought up some interesting responses.  My cousin told me how our Grandpa and Grandma Fitzpatrick ...

I received an email from Michael Rustad saying my recent post about P.N. Tri brought back some memories of his own, and that he hoped those...

From 1920 "Farm Boys & Girls Leader". Organized in 1919, it was the start of what would be known as the  the 4-H club of th...

Anthony "Tony" Merck Humboldt Depot agent T his reminicense by Margaret Matthew Panzer is full of memories and names of old ...

Gypsy Musicians From Pat Miller Herzog via Mike Rustad: D ad was at Letellier for something or other regarding Customs and heard this ...

After the First World War, Manitoba became a preferred destination for barnstorming  ball teams from the United States. All professionals, t...

Downtown Humboldt around the time the poem was written... Ode to the North [With apologies to Longfellow, and acknowledgement to the F...