St. Vincent Memories

  A typical brothel 'menu' around the turn of the century - Click to see clear copy - [Warning:  Graphic Language] HEADLINE:  ...

Adz :  The murder weapon G ilbert Godon has appeared in this blog before - the first time, as a character in a novel based on fact ; ...

From   Daily globe (St. Paul, Minn.) April 16, 1882   Source: Library of Congress'   Chronicling America C oolican took his stand be...

A typical signal station setup in the 1880s T here were many brutal winters in the 19th century up around my hometown area.  Some wer...

F ound amongst  archived auctions comes this image and description of letters sold in 2007 that were written by residents of Fort Pembina ...

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...

Newspaper ad from Emerson International (1878)

Lyle Dexter, Michael Rustad, Jane Dexter, & Carolyn Wiese (in back) watch videos in church during 2007 town centennial / school reuni...

A pass was regularly made out for a Non-Com and file to go to Pembina , Dakota, for the mail. Passes were also granted at intervals to exc...

Competition for political and economic power between the emerging territorial cities was common in the early days, even between Pembina and...