Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Prior to 20th century
[edit]- 1670 – Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, is a territory established in British North America comprising the Hudson Bay drainage basin.
- 1811 – The Selkirk Concession (a land grant issued by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk) begins the Red River Colony colonization project.
- 1871 – A.H. Moore's house (residence) built.[1]
- 1873
- Headquarters Hotel in business.[1][2]
- Cass County established.
- January 5, 1875
- Fargo incorporated in Dakota Territory.[3]
- First Cass County Courthouse built.[1][4]
- 1876 – Population: 600.[5]
- 1880
- 1889 – Town becomes part of the new U.S. state of North Dakota.
- 1890 – North Dakota Agricultural College opens.[7]
- 1891
- North Dakota Agricultural College College Hall (Old Main) is built.
- Concordia College founded in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
- 1893
- 1894 – Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1897 – North Dakota Harness Company in business.[8]
- 1898
- Fargo Golf Club formed.[1]
- Fram Norwegian-language newspaper in publication.[6]
- Northern Pacific Railway Depot is built.
- 1899 – Cathedral of St. Mary built.[1]
20th century
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- 1900 – Population: 9,589;[1] county 28,625.[9]
- 1903
- 1904 – Fargo Street Railway begins operating.[8]
- 1906
- The Cass County Jail is built.[10]
- State Fair begins.[8]
- Grand Theater opens.[11]
- 1908 – St. Luke's Hospital opens.
- 1912
- April: Preacher Billy Sunday visits town.[8]
- July: Sangerfest (song festival) held.[8]
- 1914 – Princess Theatre opens.[11]
- 1915 – The Ford Building is built.[12]
- 1917
- Woodrow Wilson High School built and established.
- John Miller Baer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's 1st congressional district.[13]
- 1920
- Pence Automobile Company Warehouse built.
- Population: 21,961;[3] county 41,477.[9]
- 1922 – WDAY radio begins broadcasting.[1]
- 1926
- June 26: Gustaf of Sweden visits town.[8]
- Fargo Theatre built.
- 1927 – August 26: Charles Lindbergh visits town.[8]
- 1928 – Regan Brothers Bakery in business.[8]
- 1929 – Veterans' Hospital built.[1]
- 1930 – Post Office and Courthouse built.[1]
- 1931
- Black Building in Downtown Fargo is built.
- Fargo Civic Orchestra established.
- 1935 – Dovre Ski Slide erected.[1]
- 1938 – Dacotah Field opens on the North Dakota State University campus.
- 1939 – June: Olav of Norway visits town.[8]
- 1940 – November 7: Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live recorded.
- 1948
- KFGO radio begins broadcasting.
- American Crystal Sugar Company factory begins operating in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.[14]
- 1954 – Herschel Lashkowitz becomes mayor.
- 1955 – Dacotah Field is moved to the NDSU North Campus.
- 1957 – 1957 Fargo tornado.
- 1960 – North Dakota State University active.
- 1964 – Public educational KFME (TV) begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1966 – Fargo North High School and Daughters of Dakota Pioneers[16] established.
- 1969 – Red River Valley Genealogical Society founded.[17]
- 1970
- Bison Sports Arena built.
- Population: 53,365; county 73,653.[9]
- 1972 – West Acres Shopping Center in business.
- 1974 – Sister city relationship established with Hamar, Norway.[18]
- 1975 – Plains Art Museum founded.[17][15]
- 1978 – Jon Lindgren becomes mayor.
- 1983 – Greater Fargo-Moorhead Area Food Bank established.[2][19]
- 1986 – Hector Airport terminal built.[8]
- 1987 – Sister city relationship established with Vimmerby, Sweden.[18]
- 1990 – Historic Preservation Commission established.[3]
- 1992 – Fargodome stadium opens.
- 1996
- Newman Outdoor Field opens.
- Sundog company opened for business.
- Fictional Fargo film released.
- 1997 – April: 1997 Red River flood.
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[20][chronology citation needed]
21st century
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- 2000 – Population: 90,599.[21]
- 2004 – The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) begins broadcasting.
- 2006 – Dennis Walaker becomes mayor.[22]
- 2007 – Open magazine begins publication.
- 2008 – Scheels Arena, initially known as "The Urban Plains Center" is built.
- 2009 – 2009 Red River flood.[23]
- 2010 – Population: 105,549.[24]
- 2013
- Dakotah Field is renovated.
- Sanford Medical Center construction begins.
- Kevin Cramer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district.
- 2014 – Tim Mahoney becomes mayor.
- 2016 – Bison Sports Arena is renovated and reopens as Scheels Center for the 2016-17 season.
- 2017 – Pride parade begins (approximate date).[25]
- 2020 – RDO Building is built and becomes the tallest building in Fargo at 235 feet.
- 2021 – Woodrow Wilson High School renamed to "Dakota High School"[26]
- 2023 – Lashkowitz High Rise is demolished.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Federal Writers' Project 1938: "Fargo"
- ^ "Headquarters Hotel". Library.NDSU.EDU. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Wishart 2004.
- ^ "Cass County Courthouse". Library.NDSU.EDU. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Brief glimpse into Fargo's early history". City of Fargo. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1938, p. 339: "Chronology"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k NDSU Archives. "Fargo, North Dakota: its History and Images". North Dakota State University. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c "North Dakota: Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". Fargo city, North Dakota QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. 1995.
- ^ "Cass County Jail". Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Fargo, ND". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Ford Building". Library.NDSU.EDU. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "North Dakota". Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1918. hdl:2027/mdp.39015022758281.
- ^ "Historical Timeline". Moorhead, MN: American Crystal Sugar Company. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ a b Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Fargo, North Dakota". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Institute Finding Aids: Local and Ethnic History". Institute for Regional Studies Archives. Fargo: North Dakota State University, Libraries. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ a b American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Dakota: Fargo". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ a b "Fargo Sister Cities". City of Fargo. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "North Dakota Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ "City of Fargo". Archived from the original on 1998-12-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000". Fargo city, North Dakota QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
- ^ "Fargo, ND, mayor known for flood fights dies at 73". Washington Post. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014.
- ^ "Midwestern floods: Fargo's frantic efforts are the latest chapter in a long struggle". The Economist. April 2, 2009.
- ^ "Fargo (city), North Dakota". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Fargo's LGBT residents: 'Our marriage is not worth the paper it's written on". The Guardian. August 21, 2014.
- ^ Aupperle, Katherine (2020-12-08). "Woodrow Wilson High School renamed Dakota High School". Valley News Live. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
Bibliography
[edit]- Published in the 20th century
- Federal Writers' Project (1938), "Fargo", North Dakota: a Guide to the Northern Prairie State, American Guide Series, State Historical Society of North Dakota, ISBN 9780403021833 – via Google Books
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link). + Chronology - A Century Together: A History of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo-Moorhead Centennial Corporation (1975)
- Fargo-Moorhead: A Guide to Historic Architecture, R. Ramsey (1975)
- Fargo's Heritage, N. Roberts (1983)
- History and Growth of the City of Fargo: Historic Context Study, by Tim Holzkamm and Dean Dormanen, 1993. Revised and edited by David Danbom, 2001.
- Crossings: A Photographic Document of Fargo, North Dakota, C. McMullen & D. Arntson, et al. (1995)
- Published in the 21st century
- "Fargo, North Dakota", CMJ New Music Monthly, July 2000
- The History and Growth of the City of Fargo, T. Holzkamm & D. Dormanen; D. Danbom (2001)
- Fargo, North Dakota: From Frontier Village to All-America City, 1875–2000, Heritage Publications (2001)
- Images of America: Fargo, North Dakota 1870–1940, D. Danbom & C. Strom (2002)
- David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Fargo, North Dakota". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
- David B. Danbom (2005). Going it Alone: Fargo Grapples with the Great Depression. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87351-546-7.
- Carroll L. Engelhardt (2007). Gateway to the Northern Plains: Railroads and the Birth of Fargo and Moorhead. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-1297-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fargo, North Dakota.
- John Caron (ed.). "Fargo, North Dakota: its History and Images". Fargo: North Dakota State University, Libraries.
- Items related to Fargo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).