St. Vincent Memories

I n this edition of the "Water Cooler":   A wonderful visit among old friends and neighbors brings up some interesting recollectio...

A ndy and Toots Ryan (Andrew and Margaret Ryan, to be exact) were brother and sister.  They lived together in a small, tidy house in the mid...

T his time, the water cooler chatter turned to our neighboring town - and good friends - Humboldt, MN. Michael Rustad My Mother, Pat ...

I n this edition of the "Water Cooler", St. Vincent natives recall the simple pleasures of curling and ice skating. I am younger...

R ecently, on a social media site, a few individuals who grew up in or near Humboldt, MN were reminiscing... Deacon Jim Hunt One of m...

A recent newspaper article reminded me of how quickly we can be forgotten. I have often imagined the St. Vincent of the future as bei...

A h, the perceptions of youth!  In this reminiscence, Mike Rustad takes us back to the Kittson County Fair of a generation ago.  If you...

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

Dan Ohmann made these to hand out as thank-yous at this summer's town reunion, using the town's actually official seal stamp/press...

A s a youngster growing up in Pembina, I had a second town - St. Vincent . Wallace & Matilda Cameron's Home during 1950 flood [...

Elizabeth Lapp in 1948 [Courtesy:   Digital Archive, UMC ]  T hanks to Kristine Baldwin Ohmann , who facilitated our get together, I in...

I received an email from Michael Rustad saying my recent post about P.N. Tri brought back some memories of his own, and that he hoped those...

Rev. Kimberley's Grandson In my eternal quest for stories and history about my beloved hometown, I came across a former resident's...

Population 6...plus two big dogs [Photo: Ghosts of Minnesota ] T here are towns even smaller than St. Vincent , but not many. One of ...

Downtown Humboldt around the time the poem was written... Ode to the North [With apologies to Longfellow, and acknowledgement to the F...

In photo (l to r): Uncle Charlie (Cresien) & Aunt Norma (Carrigan); a very young Mike Rustad held by his father Alfred "Rusty...

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...

Coverage of 1941 Blizzard in Minnesota & North Dakota [WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, March 17, 1941] Last year I wrote ab...

Maddin's documentary is built on myths and memories When Maddin agreed to make a film about his hometown...it became what he calls a ...