St. Vincent Memories

A historic postcard touts Pembina's attractions.  [Photo Credit: State Historical Society of North Dakota/Digital Horizons] Pembina, N....

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...

Example of another March written by Mrs. Rasche [Source:   Library of Congress ] I put to you, dear Reader, a St. Vincent MYSTERY...

There were many mothers & grandmothers across America like Mrs. Lang during WWII  [Image Courtesy:  Lang family  descendants]       ...

Starting in 1852, Pembina provided regular mail service to not only Pembina residents, but also to the Red River Settlement FOR SALE...

Front: Eileen Twamley, Mamie Cleem (Captain), Mae Gamble Back: Isabelle Fitzpatrick, Verlie Cameron, Fidessa Wilkie,  Dick Lapp (coach), ...

Originally issued in 1888, this is an 1891 copy of a Declaration of Intention   [Courtesy:   Jim Benjaminson ] T his Declaration of In...

Local advertising giveaway... I was contacted by Beth Hoover from the Douglas County Historical Society recently... In going through...

F ound amongst  archived auctions comes this image and description of letters sold in 2007 that were written by residents of Fort Pembina ...

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...

Click to Enlarge I came across these images on an eBay auction the other day, for an item of local ephemera.  I love the air of innocence...

I can't prove it, but I'd bet that this photographer is the one who took this infamous photograph of the 1897 Red River Flood in...

'Casualty' does not always mean 'Killed in Action' It can also mean 'Wounded' - I knew at least one of  the men ...

Boundary Post Rupert Land / Pembina by Major George Seton 1 (The Illustrated London News, January 29, 1870) Additional Information from Gl...

Above is a portion of a letter published in a newspaper in 1886. I received it from a regular reader who discovered it recently and shared ...

I'm participating in the project shown in this video, and I highly encourage anyone reading this to do so, also. It's so true what t...

A century ago, this was the Pembina River at Pembina ... - From a postcard, posted on October 18, 1908, which read on the other side: Ethel ...