St. Vincent Memories

R ecently, I was interviewed by Curt Brown of the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.  Curt writes a column for the paper called Minnesot...

Metis Rider; note the beaded saddle blanket... ...The following month, the annual horse race known as the Dufferin races, was held in E...

Before there could be Ferry Command , the groundwork had to be laid...

S ome of the graves that were originally in the Fort Pembina Cemetery. In anticipation of Fort Pembina (1870-1895) closing, the graves we...

One of the reasons I began writing this blog was because I saw my village, even as I was growing up within it, declining before my eyes.  ...

Pembina Pioneer Express masthead [Courtesy:  Pembina County Historical Society] J im Benjaminson recently shared some excerpts from old...

Circa the late 1940s/early 1950s @ the Short's Cafe... 'The food is not Stranger and we are never Short on customers' ...

While nothing was really mentioned of the history of the depot , it was difficult, yet good to read this article about Noyes today.  A very ...

T his time, the water cooler chatter turned to our neighboring town - and good friends - Humboldt, MN. Michael Rustad My Mother, Pat ...

Drawing submitted for Patent [Click to Enlarge] M y grandparents moved from the homestead to uptown mainstreet of the village, in the...