Red River Valley
Dates
1670 - The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England
1700 - Peter Grant fur trade headquarters
1776 - Red River carts
1797 - Pembina, North Dakota
1800 - XYZ Fur Company erected post in early 1800's
1800 - North Fort Pembina built by North West Trading Company
1801 - Ox carts in use
1811 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
1818 - Pembina had first school
Sep 1818 - The birth of the Catholic Church in North Dakota
1821 - North West Company and Hudson Bay Company unite.
1821 - Andre Jerome born near Fort Garry.
1840 - Francois Bouvette moved to St. Boniface in early 1840's
1843 - Rolette introduced the ox cart also see also see
23 Oct 1844 - Louis Riel born in St. Boniface of Canada also see
1845 - Catholic Mission in Pembina
1850 - Hudson Bay Company Trading Post
1857 - St. Vincent Settlement also see
1858 - Pembina trading post
1859 - Steamboats on the Red River also see also see
1862 - Sioux outbreak
1862 - Railroad extended from Glynden to the Snake River (Warren)
1863 - Fort Pembina
1869 - 1870 - The Red River Rebellion
1870 - Pembina County nearly 1/2 of Minnesota Territory
1871 - Fenians attacked the Hudson Bay Company
1873 - First Customs House, Emerson, Manitoba
12 Jun 1873 - Mennonite explorers arrive at Winnipeg
1874 - First settlers arrive. The Carney-Fairbanks Party.
1875 - Anglican Church, Emerson, Manitoba
1876 - St. Vincent Post Office
1876 - Baptist Church, Emerson, Manitoba
1877 - Rapid influx of immigration to RRV
1877 - Presbyterian Church, Emerson, Manitoba
1877 - James Hill built rail line from Breckenridge to St. Vincent
1878 - C.P.R. built a rail line from Emerson to St. Boniface.
1878 - Depot, Emerson, Manitoba
1878 - Great Northern Railway to St. Vincent
1878 - Booker McFadin Store, Humboldt
02 Dec 1878 - Steamboat traffic on the Red discontinued
25 Dec 1878 - First issue of The Emerson International
1879 - First copy of the Western Journal printed.
07 Jan 1880 - First Kittson County School District also see
19 Mar 1880 - St. Vincent township organized
08 Oct 1880 - Northcote School
21 Dec 1880 - Northcote, MN
1880 - Combines come to Red River Valley
1880 - Hallock, MN also see
1880 - Rural School #2, Kittson County
1880 - Oldest newspaper in Kittson County
1880 - Christ Episcopal Church, St. Vincent also see
1880 - Pioneer Methodist Church of Pembina
1880 - Swedish Lutheran Church
08 Oct 1881 - Red River Evangelical Lutheran Church also see
1881 - Merchants Bank, Emerson, Manitoba
1881 - Northcote Presbyterian Sunday School
24 Jul 1882 - Humboldt School built
1882 - The Old North Star Church, St. Vincent
1882 - The Kittson County Enterprise
24 Jun 1883 - Poppleton Baptist Church also see
1883 - Humboldt Post Office
1883 - Halma, MN
1887 - Hallock Episcopal Church also see
1888 - Kittson County Fair also see
01 Oct 1889 - Humboldt Post Office
1893 - Humboldt United Methodist Church
11 Nov 1895 - Hallock Mission Covenant Church
1897 - Northcote Presbyterian Church
15 Jun 1899 - Kennedy, MN
1899 - Humboldt Methodist Episcopal Church also see
1900 - Florance and Nelson Store
1901 - North Star Presbyterian Church of Joe River also see
01 Apr 1901 - Pelan, MN also see
1903 - St. Vincent Firehall
1903 - St. Vincent School
20 Nov 1903 - Donaldson, MN
1904 - Orleans, MN also see
1904 - Lancaster, MN also see
1904 - Humboldt Farmer's Telephone Company
18 Apr 1904 - First State Bank of Humboldt also see also see
1905 - Port of Entry moved to Noyes
1905 - Banks of Orleans
Feb 1905 - Lake Bronson (formerly Bronson)
1906 - Depot built in Noyes, MN
1910 - Telephone service in the Valley
1912 - Lapp General Store, St. Vincent
1913 - St. Anne's Catholic Church of St. Vincent
1914 - Florance Store, Humboldt
1915 - Union Church Sunday School of Bronson
1915 - Orleans Presbyterian Church
1915 - Irving Store
1919 - Farmers Mutual Elevator, Humboldt also see
1928 - First combines brought to Humboldt
1937 - Lake Bronson Dam dedicated
1940 - First Lutheran Church, Lancaster
1967 - St. Vincent / Noyes Dike