St. Vincent Memories

  "... W ith the rapid movement of railroad building into the northern part of the valley, the opening of large farms continued unabate...

I present to you, one of St. Vincent's early pioneers - John A. Vanstrum. A veteran of the Civil War, he became very civic-minded, serv...

I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain — and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light....  ...

Apprentice Carpenter. Land Agent. Indian Trader. Trading Post Clerk. Buffalo Hunter. Undertaker. Farmer. Tavern Keeper. Below is the ob...

Dr. Campbell was a versatile man, with credentials as a Dentist as  well as a Physician, from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnat...

After all he did for the town, he ended his days sadly... Daniel F. Brawley was an early settler to St. Vincent .  He was involved in m...

Competition for political and economic power between the emerging territorial cities was common in the early days, even between Pembina and...

From a traveler's observation of an immigrant train arriving in St. Vincent comes this account... It was a dull rainy evening when we...

W illiam H. Moorhead was a colorful character that was involved in many events of local historical significance.  I have written about him ...

Source:  State Historical Society of North Dakota [Click to enlarge...] THE OLD-TIME POST OFFICE AT PEMBINA By Charles Cavileer Cav...

The images below are from the 1870 Fort Pembina census. There are several familiar names in the census - Joseph Rolette , Norman Kittson , W...

In what appears to be a self-published work, J.W. Durham 1 wrote about his experiences in northwest Minnesota in the late 1800's. While...

I keep finding intersections between where I grew up, and other places in my home state of Minnesota, including where I just moved to (I no...

From Lori Kohut Bianco, Gamble descendant : Alexander Gamble Jr & William Neill Gamble. My guess is this was one of the photos mentioned...

I received the photos and information below nearly a year ago. I didn't post it until now because I was going to try and research the n...

Between 1812 and 1823 the Selkirk settlers/Red River Settlement used Pembina as a seasonal (in winter) residence. In the early 1820's...

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

S on. Husband. Father. World War II Veteran. Bush Pilot. Politician. Author . Local Historian (and descendant of some of the area...

The man standing to the left of the open door is Charles Turner Cavileer. One of the two women to the right of the door is probably  his w...

I dare you, dear readers, to read just the first paragraph below, and not tell me that Chuck Walker is a master storyteller. He knows his ...