Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 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.
• 1873
  • Headquarters Hotel in business.
  • Cass County established.
• January 5, 1875
  • Fargo incorporated in Dakota Territory.
  • County courthouse built.
• 1876 – Population: 600.
• 1880
  • Fargo Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 2,693.
• 1889 – Town becomes part of the new U.S. state of North Dakota.
• 1890 – North Dakota Agricultural College opens.
• 1891 – Concordia College founded in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
• 1893
  • June 7: Fire.
  • Opera house built.
• 1894 – Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper in publication.
• 1897 – North Dakota Harness Company in business.
• 1898
  • Fargo Golf Club formed.[1]
  • Fram Norwegian-language newspaper in publication.
• 1899 – St. Mary's Cathedral built.

20th century

• 1900 – Population: 9,589; county 28,625.
• 1903
  • Public Library built.
  • St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church founded.
• 1904 – Fargo Street Railway begins operating.
• 1906
  • State Fair begins.
  • Grand Theater opens.
• 1908 – St. Luke's Hospital opens.
• 1912
  • April: Preacher Billy Sunday visits town.
  • July: Sangerfest (song festival) held.
• 1914 – Princess Theatre opens.
• 1917
  • Woodrow Wilson High School established.
  • John Miller Baer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's 1st congressional district.
• 1920
  • Pence Automobile Company Warehouse built.
  • Population: 21,961; county 41,477.
• 1922 – WDAY radio begins broadcasting.
• 1926
  • June 26: Gustaf of Sweden visits town.
  • Fargo Theatre built.
• 1927 – August 26: Charles Lindbergh visits town.
• 1928 – Regan Brothers Bakery in business.
• 1929 – Veterans' Hospital built.
• 1930 – Post Office and Courthouse built.
• 1931 – Fargo Civic Orchestra established.
• 1935 – Dovre Ski Slide erected.
• 1939 – June: Olav of Norway visits town.
• 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.
• 1954 – Herschel Lashkowitz becomes mayor.
• 1957 – 1957 Fargo tornado.
• 1960 – North Dakota State University active.
• 1964 – Public educational KFME (TV) begins broadcasting.
• 1966 – Fargo North High School and Daughters of Dakota Pioneers established.
• 1969 – Red River Valley Genealogical Society founded.
• 1970
  • Bison Sports Arena built.
  • Population: 53,365; county 73,653.
• 1972 – West Acres Shopping Center in business.
• 1974 – Sister city relationship established with Hamar, Norway.
• 1975 – Plains Art Museum founded.
• 1978 – Jon Lindgren becomes mayor.
• 1983 – Greater Fargo-Moorhead Area Food Bank established.[2]
• 1986 – Hector Airport terminal built.
• 1987 – Sister city relationship established with Vimmerby, Sweden.
• 1990 – Historic Preservation Commission established.[3]
• 1992 – Fargodome (stadium) opens.
• 1996
  • Sundog (company) in business.
  • Fictional Fargo film released.
• 1997 – April: 1997 Red River flood.
• 1998 – City website online (approximate date).

21st century

• 2000 – Population: 90,599.
• 2004 – The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) begins broadcasting.
• 2006 – Dennis Walaker becomes mayor.
• 2007 – Open magazine begins publication.
• 2009 – 2009 Red River flood.
• 2010 – Population: 105,549.
• 2013
  • Sanford Medical Center construction begins.
  • Kevin Cramer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district.
• 2014 – Timothy Mahoney becomes mayor.
• 2017 – Pride parade begins (approximate date).
• 2021 – Woodrow Wilson High School renamed to "Dakota High School"
• 2023 – Lashkowitz High Rise imploded.

See also

• Fargo history
• List of mayors of Fargo, North Dakota

Bibliography

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

• 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).