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...

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

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

I 'm pretty sure you can trace the historic failings of the University of Minnesota sports teams to their choice of name:  Gophers.  In...

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...

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...

Lyle Dexter, Michael Rustad, Jane Dexter, & Carolyn Wiese (in back) watch videos in church during 2007 town centennial / school reuni...

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...

Map showing Fitzpatrick farm where 1954 tragedy occurred [©Google Maps, USA Farm Service Agency] When hearing the story of the tragic s...

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

A glimpse of the Northcote J.J. Hill mansion is reflected in the Two Rivers, that flows behind the house.    [Photo Credit:  Bill Reynolds...

It was just 4 a.m. when Mrs. Kemp, a cleaning woman, left her house and headed toward the Farmers Home Store. Her daily cleaning task had to...