Talk:Red River Trails

message: While an effort has been made to include a variety of sources, the definitive history of the trails is the publication of the Minnesota Historical Society by Rhoda Gilman et al. entitled Red River Trails, which is cited over two dozen times.  (Google Books reproduces parts of this work.)  And at least one of the other sources which postdate that work relies on it. (The Hess NHRP form, listed in the references, clearly relies on Gilman's book.)  Although not lengthy, the Gilman book is richly sourced, and is based on extensive research into old records, including orginal surveys, railroad plats, and letters from pioneer users of the trails.  It "occupies the field" as a comprehensive history of the trails, and to suppress some of the citations to it, in favor of derivative or less scholarly works, would be a disservice to a reader who wants to research further. Kablammo (talk) 01:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A note on sources 

message: The article was originally written in American English, but was changed to Canadian English spellings.  While the Red River Trails were of regional importance in the United States, they may be said to have been of national importance in Canada, for the reasons discussed in the article.  Kablammo (talk) 01:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Varieties of English 

message: Excellent article, very well written and comprehensive. Even though I'm a native of L'Étoile du Nord, I knew little about the Red River Trails.
One question:  Wouldn't it be appropriate to mention the Red River Valley (song)?
Sca (talk) 16:02, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If a good source links the song to the trails and you can work that into the article, please do so. Jonathunder (talk) 19:56, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was never aware of the possible connection with Red River "of the North".  (Mitch Miller never mentioned that!)  I do not see any specific connection to use of the trails.  The song may be associated with the Wolseley Expedition, which as a military expedition was unable to cross US territory, so it used the Dawson Road rather than the Red River trails.  Perhaps mention of the song should go on the Red River Valley page.  Kablammo (talk) 14:59, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Song

message: When I was at the Museums and the Web 2010 conference last week, I met someone from the Minnesota Historical Society and I was happy to be able to tout Wikipedia using this article - he was impressed by it. Hopefully we'll be able to recruit people from their Society to write articles, contribute references, etc. :) Awadewit (talk) 19:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for this pleasant note!  The Historical Society is older than the state, and had amongst its founders some of the territory's influential pioneers.  There is at least one employee of the MHS in Wikipedia, and it would be great to cooperate with others at the society to develop further articles.  Kablammo (talk) 20:11, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  MW2010 

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replies: text: The archive link has the text, but not the sound which was the purpose of the cite.  I will look for a substitute.  Kablammo (talk) 22:15, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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