St. Vincent Memories

From Dakota Datebook comes this bit of trivia about a 'first' in our area... On this date in 1914 the Jamestown Sun announced the ...

When I was younger, I mistakenly thought Minnesota was either too young or too far away from the center of action to have been involved in t...

Roberta Olson, editor of the Melrose Beacon , was kind enough to share the map at left, which shows all the major trails used by the fur tra...

The Seiffert brothers have been to Pembina , but are currently a few miles south of Pembina taking a brief break to visit friends in the are...

Today Orlin and his team begin an amazing journey, recreating the annual trip from the border area to St. Paul on the old Red River Trail. ...

There are two more young men tackling the journey from Minnesota to Hudson Bay. It's just a coincidence, we're told, that their trip...

A story from our region's past, with local connections (marriage and vocation)... Elzear Goulet by Dan Vandal On September 13 1870, a pr...

Americans and Canadians will never be as neighborly as we were in the 20th century. Well-to-do Yanks will still hike in Banff and weekend in...

Whenever there is money to be made, wherever there is opportunity, there is smuggling. And smuggling has a long tradition at the border betw...

If only it was that simple, eh?! Sadly, the days of driving through the border with only a wave and a smile are long gone. The site is locat...