Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota facts for kids

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1871 - A.H. Moore's house (residence) built.
• 1873
  • Headquarters Hotel in business.
  • Cass County established.
• 1874
  • 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.
• 2003 - Pride parade begins (approximate date).
• 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.