St. Vincent Memories

Back Row:   Ronald Cox, Phyllis Brown, Wilbert Clow, William H. Ash  Middle Row:   Donald Shaw, Roy Webster, Hugh Griffith, Jim Griffith...

Lake Stella as sunset approaches [Courtesy:  Jamie Rustad Meagher] Sunset on Lake Stella [Courtesy:  Jamie Rustad Meagher] D...

One of Dakota Territory's earliest territorial courts... W e first encountered the resistance to Pembina having serious territorial i...

From early on our area was unique,  geographically & politically [Click to enlarge] I t is often thought that the title was secured ...

Once found in Minnesota, but now is evidently extinct here... I n 1823, Mr. Keating noticed the Salt springs in Minnesota State and Dac...

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

T his past week end, my partner Bill and I went on a Minnesota safari of sorts. We packed up a lunch, put the hiking boots on, and hit the r...

Men's Barracks, Lower Fort Garry - Winter of 1857-1858 The Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment men's barracks as seen from the officer...

Huron City - Location: 485950N by 0971400W - was a real place that no longer exists. I grew up just a stone's throw geographically-s...

The treaty marked the last permanent major territorial loss of Continental United States, the northern most tip of the territory of Louisian...

Pembina River --The Pembina River flows from the northern part of Turtle Mountain in a rather crooked easterly course through southern Manit...

From MINNESOTA GEOGRAPHIC NAMES : Their Origin and Historical Significance by Warren Upham (Minnesota Historical Society, 1920/1969) Carib...

This map shows the main trails for the fur trade era in our region. Collectively, they're commonly known as the Red River Trails . From...

QUOTE: Pierre de la Vérendrye had heard of a region to the south much frequented by the Assiniboine Indians, who had conducted Radisson to t...

The prairie is an amazing place. It may seem simple, even boring, to some eyes, but there's a lot more to it than first meets the eye....

From Bob Cameron: Lake Stella is a natural body of water, not man made. It is very shallow, maybe 5 feet deep or so. It is approximately thr...

My apologies on the quality of this image; it was the best I could find of this particular map, which shows what would one day be Minnesota,...