St. Vincent Memories

One of the Charms' singles... I recently ran across a source for old music that had available a single for the Minnesota Rock Hall o...

The precipitation climate of 1807-8 was quite different, however, with more frequent occurrence of snow and rain during November through Mar...

Six months ago I posted a photograph of of a man whose identity I didn't know, asking readers to comment if they thought they knew wh...

"...In 1873 salesmen covered Minnesota like locusts, hawking a landmark publication: the first illustrated atlas of any state . These ...

Randolph Probstfield (seen here with his wife Catherine) emigrated from Germany to Minnesota and became one of the earliest settlers in the ...

Click photo to go to the Pembina Trails blog for full, current updates...

From the Seiffert family today comes the long-awaited news... That subject line is a quote from William Clark's field notes when he firs...

Wow...55 miles in one day! See where they are , and read about what this means... I don't know if the guys are that eager for fresh foo...

The Seiffert brothers , Matt and David, are making fast times as they rapidly descend towards Hudson Bay. Last night came this latest update...

I have discovered a blog that shows great updates of Orlin Ostby's trip . I'm telling you, I think that Pum is more popular than Or...

An update from their parents, it looks like the boys are making great time... It took them three tries, but Matt and David finally got thro...

Isn't that a great header? That's from Orlin Ostby's website , chronicling his walk on the Pembina/Red River Trail with his ox ...

From Dakota Datebook comes this bit of trivia about a 'first' in our area... On this date in 1914 the Jamestown Sun announced the ...

The Seiffert brothers have been to Pembina , but are currently a few miles south of Pembina taking a brief break to visit friends in the are...

Today Orlin and his team begin an amazing journey, recreating the annual trip from the border area to St. Paul on the old Red River Trail. ...

There are two more young men tackling the journey from Minnesota to Hudson Bay. It's just a coincidence, we're told, that their trip...

This year, events are taking place all over the state to celebrate Minnesota's 150 years of statehood. Few, if any, sesquicentennial eve...

I was contacted a few days ago by a resident from up near home, who commented on this recent posting. He explained he was researching John...

In that flourishing era in Minnesota's history between territorial status and statehood, Pembina played a leading role. Though separate...

He was of French ancestry. During his service in the Territorial Council of 1857 a bill passed that would move the capitol of Minnesota from...