St. Vincent Memories

T here were three hotels in the St. Vincent of those days: the Thedorf, the Ontario House, and the Northern Hotel. The Thedorf was in the w...

From a fascinating book called They Chose Minnesota , comes the following excerpt about who came to Kittson County, and why...

Movies and TV shows have long portrayed European settlers having little sensitivity towards native populations during pioneer days in North ...

In 1919, William M. Krumholz built the Grand Theatre. It was constructed of brick with the south wall having to be rebuilt three times so it...

From 1906 Kittson County Enterprise : By pumping chloroform thru the keyhole of the front door with a rubber pump, burglars placed all seven...

Dr. Wallace worked with my grandma at the Fitzpatrick Maternity Home .Dr. Ada Wallace was a rarity, a woman doctor * . They existed, but the...

grippe also grip (grĭp)[ French , from Old French, claw, quarrel, from gripper, to seize, grasp, from Frankish *grīpan .] An acute febrile ...

I only met Roy DeFrance a handful of times, and only in passing. He didn't look a lot different than the photo here at the left, as I re...

Humboldt, Minnesota will be celebrating its centennial next year. They have recently put up a website with the beginnings of information ...

Yes, Lena has been found (thanks to Keith Finney - MANY THANKS, Keith!) More on that later in the post. Speaking of whom, Keith is a distant...