St. Vincent Memories

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...

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

I n this edition of the "Water Cooler":   A wonderful visit among old friends and neighbors brings up some interesting recollectio...

THE PRIDE OF OLD PEMBINA.   The Most Elegant Hostelry in Dakota, North of the Columbia at Fargo. Special to the Globe.  PEMBINA, N....

The carriage looks suspiciously like our ' Mystery Man ' again!  Could it be?! Source:   Digital Horizons , State Historical So...

Photograph of St. Vincent depot, as described in the article below... O ne of the great things about our readers is how they participate...

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

[Courtesy:  Kittson County History Center & Museum] At the Zenith of its production years, the early elevated view seen above of the man...

R ecently, I was interviewed by Curt Brown of the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.  Curt writes a column for the paper called Minnesot...

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 ...

June 6/7, 2013 Fire:  All that is left of a once stately home... [Photo Credit:  Jamie Rustad Meagher] A ll that is left now is a pil...

St. Vincent (left) & Orleans (right):  Built using same plans...? School districts were especially numerous in the early history of ...

These two photos were taken in the same general area of St. Vincent , around the same general time period (early 1900s). There appears to ...

John Stranger - Back row, middle A MEMOIR OF A LIFE,  FOR BETTER OR WORSE By John A. Stranger CHAPTER ONE Beginnings...

A new general store.  Short sales people on the street showing off the latest .22 rifles.  Wide new sidewalks all along Pacific Avenue...

[Click to Enlarge and See Details] This postcard shows a depiction of Hallock by an unknown artist, date also unknown.  From the lack o...