St. Vincent Memories

I have written about Jean Baptiste Wilkie (1803-1886) before, but only in his role as leader of the great annual Pembina buffalo hunts. B...

I don't know details on how farmers around my hometown area (Kittson County and Pembina County) contributed to the efforts described as...

Grape Vine Ivy on Chicken Coop - my family home  in St. Vincent, MN (Kittson County, July 2010) T his week, an online writer dubbing him...

Many years ago I was fortunate enough to have been able to handle &  read a 1928 copy of the St. Vincent School's annual "B...

July 4, 1890 Parade down main street in Pembina, ND (courtesy of State Archives of North Dakota collection) I have written about the ...

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 ...

Iconic sign still on depot roof... Photo by Bill Reynolds While up home for the Gamble Reunion , I stopped at Dad's old place of w...

Trivia: Slator served his time in same facility he had worked in I wrote some time ago about a tragedy that hit not only my hometown, bu...

This is what to aim for, just less formal...an old-fashioned, pot-luck picnic It recently dawned on me that I had no idea when St. Vincen...

I had an wonderful time at the Gamble Family Reunion . Bill and I spent most of Friday on our own around the area, exploring and taking ph...