Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota

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

• 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
  • Fargo Daily Times newspaper begins publication.^[6]
  • Population: 2,693.^[1]
• 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
  • June 7: Fire.^[5]
  • Mechanical Arts Building built on North Dakota Agricultural College campus.
  • Opera house built.^[1]
• 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]

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• 1900 – Population: 9,589;^[1] county 28,625.^[9]
• 1903
  • Public Library built.^[8]
  • St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church founded.^[1]
• 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]}

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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.

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

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).