St. Vincent Memories

John K. "Jack" McCulloch Jack McCulloch came to Pembina to put on an exhibition skating, the year he turned professional.  I...

[Note — General Manager McDougal of the Pershing Way [Association] , who was for a short time Publicity Commissioner of the Jefferson High...

Hugh O'Lone, 1870 Kootenai Brown,1895 J ohn George "Kootenai" Brown's reference to “Bob O'Lone” in his memoir...

Sgt. Fred Bailey [Source:  RCMP Veterans Association, Vancouver Division] L et me introduce you to an ordinary man who happened to...

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

B ack in the day, just as now, lawmen worked together between Canada and America.  There was less red tape then, although that was there,...

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

An image I found online for sale, of the Emerson port-of-entry, circa 1947 L ocals would be waved through without stopping back then.  Ev...

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

Photo of Riel (1878) I t was from the border town of St. Vincent , Minnesota, that on December 26, 1878, Riel gazed longingly at his M...

A recently published book has references to local area events and locations... ...the rough and ready type common to the frontier gathere...

A pass was regularly made out for a Non-Com and file to go to Pembina , Dakota, for the mail. Passes were also granted at intervals to exc...

A "Bobby" moment in 1962  The above photograph shows Bobby Stewart (age 18) - the lanky jockey from Kittson County, Minnesota ...

North West Mounted Police trooper from 1870s [Artist:  R.J. Marrion - Canadian War Museum] Fort Dufferin was originally established in ...

Manitoba 's rudder ( Marine Museum of Manitoba ) I recently discovered Bruce Cherney and his Heritage Highlights ; it appears that Br...

Men's Barracks, Lower Fort Garry - Winter of 1857-1858 The Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment men's barracks as seen from the officer...

There are many places that are etched in my memory that will never leave me. They were imprinted there when I was a very little girl...tho...

The image above is from an envelope I have in my possession. It is in the upper left-hand corner representing the return address of Charles...

A pretty amusing and sometimes outright laugh-out-loud account of the 'thrilling' journey by steamboat from St. Vincent to Winnipeg...