St. Vincent Memories

Depot built 1906 (joint GN/SOO Depot) - 30' x 137' frame.  Depot remodeled 1912.  Burned 1921.  Depot 30' x 138' rebuilt ...

Pioneer Express January 3, 1908 The New Year was ushered in by the bells of the city echoing with those of St. Vincent and Emerson, a...

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

Vintage St. Vincent High School pennant from 1920s [Guest article by Michael Rustad , originally from nearby Humboldt, MN] In the sum...

While nothing was really mentioned of the history of the depot , it was difficult, yet good to read this article about Noyes today.  A very ...

"The Greatest Show on Earth..." One of my earliest memories is of one night my father working a late shift at the depot , a...

rom around 1936 to 1956, Emerson obtained its power across the US / Canada border from a long 2400V distribution circuit originating from P...

T he letter below was received by Alfred "Rusty" Rustad while he was in the service during WWII. It was written by a local repr...

Iconic sign still on depot roof... Photo by Bill Reynolds While up home for the Gamble Reunion , I stopped at Dad's old place of w...

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...

From MINNESOTA GEOGRAPHIC NAMES : Their Origin and Historical Significance by Warren Upham (Minnesota Historical Society, 1920/1969) Carib...

Soo Motor Car-Gas Electric Cars-Soo #1 - Gas electric built by McKeen -day local passenger train between Thief River Falls & Noyes , MN...

From Clarence Bingham comes this story of life as a Customs Officer back in 1950s Pembina (and surrounding area...) I went to work for t...

I heard from another expatriate of our area a few days ago. His name is Clarence L. Bingham. As many do, he found my website serendipitously...

This is the Rustad store in Noyes that was owned and run by great Uncle Carl Rustad and his wife Aagot. It was a store/post office. Carm...

If only it was that simple, eh?! Sadly, the days of driving through the border with only a wave and a smile are long gone. The site is locat...

The video above is a followup to the main story we shared earlier. I was especially moved - to tears - to see Noyes so desolate. How lon...

There is a house in Noyes (I think it is still there...) that a good friend and her family used to live in. They weren't the first fam...

From WPA's Guide To Minnesota Tour 4 ( 1938 ) - Part of the Federal Writers Project , comes this: Section a. CANADIAN BORDER (NOYES) ...

Hudson Leighton from the GN Goat shared with me these great photos of the Noyes Depot * and border crossing area, from the early days unti...