St. Vincent Memories

When Pembina decided to throw an “after threshing celebration” on September 27, 1919, Lt. Vernon Omlie of Grafton was booked to “...give a...

L ate this past summer,  this was posted on the St. Vincent Memories Facebook page : Looking to see if anyone might know or have any mo...

One of the architects of settlement for our area - along with others like Lord Selkirk - James J. Hill was instrumental in how towns rose ...

Depot built 1906 (joint GN/SOO Depot) - 30' x 137' frame.  Depot remodeled 1912.  Burned 1921.  Depot 30' x 138' rebuilt ...

The beginning of the trip - Taking off from Pembina, to sell a year's worth of furs... The end of the trip - Arriving at St. Paul, ...

The oxcart trail on the open prairie. Photo courtesy Wadena County Historical Society   History of the Woods Branch of the Red River Trail...

The  railway mail service  was... The state’s first international  RPO , the St. Vincent & Winnipeg, initiated service from that Kit...

PHOTO INFO:  A stereoview showing the railroad track along the eastern bank of the Red River in St. Vincent.   This track is the continuat...

R ecently, I came across an online post by someone who mentioned that his grandfather had worked on the St. Vincent Extension line.  Whil...

[Note — General Manager McDougal of the Pershing Way [Association] , who was for a short time Publicity Commissioner of the Jefferson High...

A Red River Cart pulled by oxen, at Fort Dufferin These carts illustrate well the primitive nature and the isolation of the Colony. They...

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...

L ast year, Pembina County celebrated its Sesquicentennial.  In celebration of this, local historian Jim Benjaminson wrote an ongoing series...