St. Vincent Memories

W hen Mohammed was born (August 1, 1892), the countries we know today didn't exist. During the Ottoman rule "Syria" was the na...

W onderful news arrived in today's mail.  The work here on this blog has been recognized and awarded the Excellence in Local History aw...

One of Dakota Territory's earliest territorial courts... W e first encountered the resistance to Pembina having serious territorial i...

Recently, a friend to this blog sent me links to several of the images below, found on Digital Horizons , part of the online collection of t...

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...

Huron City - Location: 485950N by 0971400W - was a real place that no longer exists. I grew up just a stone's throw geographically-s...

The Centre for Rupert’s Land 1 Studies at The University of Winnipeg will be hosting its 2010 Colloquium from the 19th to the 22nd of May,...

Carl Ben Eielson - As a member of the Hatton Aero Club, barnstormed around eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota in a club “Jenny” an...

The border communities of Pembina, ND and Emerson, MB depended on each other for information. Two respondents said they often compared for...

Did you know that North Dakota was almost named Pembina? I didn't either. Read on... There was a great deal of objection from influentia...

The Norwegian journalist Paul Hjelm-Hansen was appointed by the governor of Minnesota as a special agent of the newly established Board of I...

O n 15 January, 1940 just west of Emerson , the silence of the early morning was broken by the sound of aircraft. A truck, loaded with 45-...

I received an email from a local resident of Emerson this weekend asking for our help. Yes, you read right - OUR help. This email was not o...