Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Dec 5, 2009, 2:00 am
Soo Motor Car-Gas Electric Cars-Soo #1 - Gas electric built by McKeen -day local passenger train between Thief River Falls & Noyes, MN -1914-only 1 or 2 years - sold to: Electric Shortline RY The Soo...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Dec 1, 2009, 2:00 am
... pay." Shawn interjected, "Close was seen at the Ragged Edge Saloon last night, sometime before midnight. He told one of the men ... man. She's pretty young." "Seventeen now. Anyway, I'...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 27, 2009, 2:00 am
Pembina ND NP depot looking northeast in 1969 (Photo by Charles W. Bohi) from Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association Emerson Junction MB CN depot looking southeast. It was used by NP passen...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Nov 25, 2009, 7:02 pm
Louise from Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop in London has written to say that " our Christmas performance of Aladdin is being performed by Joe Gladwin." Anyone who can get to London to see this perfor...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 24, 2009, 2:00 am
The excerpt below is from a historical essay written by a Humboldt-St. Vincent student, and originally copied off of the Red River Valley website. Currently, most of that website is offline, but we&#...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 20, 2009, 2:00 am
Between 1812 and 1823 the Selkirk settlers/Red River Settlement used Pembina as a seasonal (in winter) residence. In the early 1820's concerns were expressed over their the relationship of Pembin...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 17, 2009, 2:00 am
Patrick was ecstatic to finally get at the building of their house. "That carpenter, Johannason, is a hustler! We got all the plate set on the brick foundation today and are starting on the studding t...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Nov 16, 2009, 5:53 pm
The Corsican Brothers DVD is now out and available on EBay! Rejoice all toy theatre fans (especially those of us who have never seen a live performance and are starved for any kind of recording of on...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 14, 2009, 2:00 am
I have strong feelings about trying to show as much of the whole history as best as I can of our area, and that must include the peoples that were here before the European settlers came. I will contin...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 10, 2009, 2:00 am
I came across this link to an index of the historical essays so many of us participated in writing back in our school days. It's part of NDSU's Institute of Regional Studies archives digital ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 7, 2009, 2:00 am
From: Democracy in America By Alexis de TocquevilleThe concept of the Great American Desert had long been familiar to Americans and indeed it controlled much of the directions of the growth of the na...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Nov 3, 2009, 2:00 am
Maggy's pains began on the last Sunday in January, just after she had gone to bed. Patrick had taken off his shirt and was preparing to remove his shoes. "Pat, put your shirt back on. It's my...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 31, 2009, 2:00 am
Son. Husband. Father. World War II Veteran. Bush Pilot. Politician. Author. Local Historian (and descendant of some of the area's earliest pioneers...) An icon of my home town area has pas...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 27, 2009, 2:00 am
It was the Dead Ball era... Dick Cleem played in the St. Vincent town baseball team when he was an adult. He also played baseball with Pembina, North Dakota. He played with the Kittson County All-sta...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 24, 2009, 2:00 am
Our explorations of American versions of the rebellion begins with reports from the New York Times. On November 11, in a short story drawn from a "private letter," written to the Chicago Tribune, the ...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Oct 22, 2009, 4:00 am
Arthur Weyhe Toy Theatre Collection -
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Oct 21, 2009, 9:29 pm
There is a new Dramatis Personae catalogue out as of today. As per usual, the Dramatis Personae Booksellers have truly outdone themselves. I don't know what their secret is, but they are able to...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 20, 2009, 2:00 am
Although there was only a slight breeze that morning, the previous days storm had cast several large drifts across the road to the fort. Ian’s horse disliked the deep drifts and instinctively began ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 19, 2009, 7:39 am
A very moving blog post from expatriate Mike Haubrich, who grew up in Hallock.
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 17, 2009, 2:00 am
Front and side view of the E.E. Barry Garage with four men standing out front. There are signs on the building advertising that say "E.E. Barry Garage, Lincoln Ford, Fordson Dealer. FISH Tires. Access...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Oct 14, 2009, 3:13 pm
An amazing performer, check out this website about puppeteer Janaki Ranpura...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 am
Chief Trader Archibald McDonald descending the Fraser, 1828 (Adam Sherriff Scott) HBC Corporate CollectionWhen the North West Company built the Pembina River post in 1797, construction began on Septem...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 10, 2009, 2:00 am
This last June and July(2008), there was an opportunity to return to America for a conference and a family holiday. During that time, we travelled yet again to Humboldt, Minnesota. We went there to ...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Oct 9, 2009, 6:22 pm
I was doing an internet search for my friends, George and Ann Neff, and came across your blog on toy theatre, then followed to your Victorian Sex Machine blog. It seemed like you might be interested ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 7, 2009, 2:00 am
I stumbled across a blog today featuring shots taken in Kittson County such as the above, and this. There are others of our county on his website, but many from other locations, also. I'm not s...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Oct 3, 2009, 2:00 am
On New Year's Day Ian and Pete left St. Vincent, headed east across the ridge country toward the cabin of Henry Germaine. Ian had information that Germaine had a large cache of furs on hand. Pete ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 30, 2009, 2:00 am
An exciting TV series will premiere tonight. Portals of Power, a three-part series featuring the movers and shakers of the Red River Valley will air at 7:30 p.m. on Prairie Public Television. The ser...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 27, 2009, 2:00 am
Marion Johnson Strong Spink, Sister of Louis Philip Strong, born Scipio, New York, May 26, 1874, married Benjamin E. Spink Genevieve Mullins Strong and Elaine Marion Strong, twin daughters of Louis P...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 23, 2009, 2:00 am
The man standing to the left of the open door is Charles Turner Cavileer. One of the two women to the right of the door is probably his wife, Isabell; the other woman and the tall man may be two of hi...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Sep 20, 2009, 6:53 pm
Ilisha Helfman from Hestia House wrote to share...Hi Trish, I wanted to let you know about my paper doll blog where I'm having great fun pretending to be a contestant on "Project Runway" using ea...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 20, 2009, 2:00 am
Late in the afternoon Mary heard the kitchen door open, then close. Finally bustling noises came from the kitchen. Knowing her mother had returned home, she dipped a cloth into the pitcher of cold wat...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Sep 18, 2009, 3:01 pm
The Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop website has been updated with a new and much improved look as well as new features. Be sure and check them out!
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 16, 2009, 2:00 am
LYNN, WASHINGTON FRANK, artist, journalist, and author; b. c. 1827 or c. 1837 in Chelsea (London), England, second son of William Bewicke Lynn; m. 2 Sept. 1874 Elizabeth Charlotte Tarren in Winnipeg, ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 13, 2009, 2:00 am
Ernest Gunerius shares some more memories...When my father purchased the the Wardwell house in 1933, I was presented with a boys dream come true. A thirteen room house with a Den with fire place and...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 10, 2009, 2:00 am
I heard once again from Ernest Gunerius this morning. Ernest shares that he first sent this story to the online list BUFFALO-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com; it concerns the infamous blizzard of 1941, which h...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 7, 2009, 2:00 am
Marker at the International Boundary and principal meridian, Pembina area, Manitoba. In background Cree medicine man with pipe leads procession to willow enclose for a dog dance ritual. Cree camp at r...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Sep 3, 2009, 2:00 am
Train in Emerson, Manitoba (Date unknown...)Main Street, Emerson (Sketch, artist unknown - 1876)Customs house at Emerson, Manitoba. (1877)Article about the Emerson riots of 1872 with images of the new...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 31, 2009, 2:00 am
There was always reason to fear danger from an Indian attack in hunting on the plains. In 1856, the Pembina hunters were attacked by the Yanktons, near Devils Lake, and their horses, buffalo meat and...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Aug 29, 2009, 9:26 pm
Antique Photographica is having another of its periodic sales of all things photographic and optical, including some amazing optical toys such as the panorama above. Be sure and check the sale out - ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 28, 2009, 2:00 am
FOUNDING OF PEMBINA Pembina Post Established The Park River Post having been abandoned May 4, 1801, and the Langlois party having joined Henry's, the reunited Red River Brigade moved down the ri...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 24, 2009, 2:00 am
This historical essay, one of many written by hundreds of Red River Valley students, is about a local area family many of us know first-hand, knowing their descendants to this day. It is one of the m...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 21, 2009, 2:00 am
The Red River colony and the Hudson's Bay Company - Between 1774 and 1821, traders from the HBC and Montreal built rival posts throughout the Canadian northwest. It was during this period that th...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 18, 2009, 2:00 am
I grew up during the 60's and 70's, right when there was a revival of interest in films like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the 50's sci-fi like "Them". Every week I would watch the "Chiller T...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 15, 2009, 2:00 am
As he approached Joseph Grant's house that Christmas afternoon, Ian puzzled over the blanket-covered bay horse tied by the front gate. Cutting across to the rear of the house, he slipped from the ...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Aug 14, 2009, 9:04 pm
Recently I was contacted by Cindi Zuby about obtaining permission to use some photos I had taken of Luman Coad for posters of a festival taking place this next week in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 12, 2009, 2:00 am
A great film about the story of how the railroad was built that crossed Canada...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 9, 2009, 2:00 am
Liquor running. It has a long history in our region. As a result of prohibition in the United States, a chain of liquor warehouses was established in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albe...
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Trish L. posted an article on Penny Plain, Twopence Coloured - Aug 5, 2009, 7:07 pm
So, you might ask, what's the latest on the Corsican Brothers production by Nigel Peever? Well wonder no more - here's a brief update from Nigel himself, via the Toy Theatre list:I had a very...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Aug 2, 2009, 12:03 am
I recently obtained a second-hand copy of Roy P. Johnson's Red River Valley. It's an invaluable resource containing articles published by Mr. Johnson between 1941 and 1963 in the Fargo Forum. ...
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Trish L. posted an article on St. Vincent Memories - Jul 31, 2009, 2:00 am
To the cry of "La commerce est libre" from the armed Metis stationed outside the courtroom, the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land was effectively broken... - from The Road ...
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