St. Vincent Memories

This week, it was announced that the Humboldt-St. Vincent Elevator Association was being dissolved and thus the closing of the elevator in...

On Adams Avenue, in St. Vincent, Minnesota, W.J.S. Traill co-owned a frame grain warehouse with the firm of G.S. Barnes & Co. (The St...

In Minnesota fairs are older than the state itself, having  "made their appearance ... in the early 1850's," just at the  zen...

T he steam engine has not yet been restored in this photograph and the seat is visible. [An unrelated piece of machinery is in the backgro...

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

Alfred "Rusty" Rustad with the family's 'new' combine  [Photo Courtesy:  Rustad Family Collection] By Michael R...

Postcard:  Late 1800s Market Day in Hallock (Photographer:  William Kelson - Minnesota Historical Society) [Click to see large version of...

Co-Workers of my Grandpa Fitzpatrick at Humboldt Hill Farm:  'Illegal' Canadians? W e often hear about illegal aliens working ...

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...

F armers in our area have had to, down through the years, wage battles on many fronts - weather, disease...and markets. We are inclined...

In photo (l to r): Uncle Charlie (Cresien) & Aunt Norma (Carrigan); a very young Mike Rustad held by his father Alfred "Rusty...

I was exploring the Internet in search of local history once again, when I came across a fun bit of  St. Vincent trivia in the form of an...

Found via Google Books, aka "the researcher's friend" The following excerpt highlights a pharmacological discovery by uni...

I don't know details on how farmers around my hometown area (Kittson County and Pembina County) contributed to the efforts described as...

From: Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville The concept of the Great American Desert had long been familiar to Americans and indee...

In 1832, Anglican missionary William Cockran tried to convert Red River Natives to Christianity and a life of farming. The plan failed. Coc...

A bountiful display of fair exhibits in Reid Hall (town hall) The photo to the left  is a result of a query that was published in a colu...