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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Mohammed Ali Bhamrahad, Peddler

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W hen Mohammed was born (August 1, 1892), the countries we know today didn't exist. During the Ottoman rule "Syria" was the na...
Sunday, October 02, 2016

Water Cooler VI: A Tiny, Magical Gas Station

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Elmer Maxwell's tiny gas station   [Photo: Ronald Cox] A woman who wore black and often wore a veil, and would garden early in the ...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Community Recognition Signs are UP!

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Dan Ohmann finishes main street sign It took two years, but the Community Recognition signs for St. Vincent are finally up. Volunteer...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Boundary Markers: "Soup Plates"

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In the September of 1872, some two-hundred and fifty astronomers, blacksmiths, cooks, engineers, medics for the work animals and the workin...
Monday, June 06, 2016

St. Vincent Girl Driven to Suicide

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R ecently I was contacted by a descendant of Dr. Alexander Campbell , St. Vincent's first doctor.  She said that another relative had ju...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Field Trip: Manitoba Border Churches

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At the St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church cemetery, May 4, 2016 While out in the field taking photographs with Troy Larso n on...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Fundraiser: Straight Outta Kittson!!

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H ey, Kittson County homies! Take a look at a new song all about our hood, written by hometown girl, Nancy Haubrich. Every purchase of t...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Six Shots in the Night

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Huron City (1883 Plat Map) Source:  HistoricMapWorks.com I 've written about Huron City a few times here before; and of course C...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Norval Baptie Revisited

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Click HERE to see this recent video about Norval Baptie... I have written about Norval Baptie before , but at the time it was short an...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Ferry Command Article

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Pembina’s brief moment of world attention, then, was part of the demise of American innocence.   - "Earth Angels Rising", by Te...