St. Vincent Memories

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

The little border town of Emerson, Manitoba, was a surreal place to be in April 1997.  Behind the permanent dike that had been doubled in...

From the 1893 Plat Atlas - Click to Enlarge [Map Credit:  Library of Congress] I n the section of Pembina shown above - part of the 18...

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

Who was the man who photographed the 1897 Red River flood in St. Vincent?  The man who took the famous "High Water" series pho...

St. Vincent Post Office, during the 19-- Flood [Photo Courtesy Perm Diamond] Short's Cafe was near the river; it survived many fl...

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

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...

The pictures below were recently shared by a reader of this blog, a descendant of an early settler of the St.Vincent /Pembina area. Most of ...

Yes, that darn Red River of the North is out of its bed again! I went walking today and was shocked to see the river way out of its bed, up...

Taken from Canadian side of border, looking south, this is the Emerson, MB/Pembina, ND border crossing. [Courtesy James McClelland, Emerson....

W illiam Ash shared, "I found these photos a few weeks ago and have just scanned them into my computer. The first five photos of the 19...

From Willie Block’s “25 Things I Hate About the Red River” 1. It floods. 2. It does not obey the 100-year flood rule. Like at all. 3. It’s ...

With the recent flood still firmly in everyone's memory (and for some, it's still a very current situation, in the northern end of t...

The border communities of Pembina, ND and Emerson, MB depended on each other for information. Two respondents said they often compared for...

St. Vincent during the 1950 flood, courtesy of William Ash ... View is from southeast looking northwest. To my trained eye I can locate and...

A fascinating satellite image of Fargo/Moorhead during the heighth of the recent flood. Be sure and take a look at the high-resolution versi...

Welcome to Pembina Island! I received this image of the current flood from Chuck Walker yesterday. I don't know who took it, but it'...

This is the Rustad store in Noyes that was owned and run by great Uncle Carl Rustad and his wife Aagot. It was a store/post office. Carm...

The flood legacy of the Red River of the North ... FROM its humble origins as the small Bois de Sioux River along the South Dakota-Minnesota...