| Fargo on the eastern border of North
| |
| | what had gone before; brick buildings and
|
| Dakota was renamed in honour of the
| |
| | a new water system helped the town to
|
| colourful Wells Fargo Express Company
| |
| | develop in a way that the old format
|
| founder, William Fargo, after it had
| |
| | could not have allowed. This new
|
| originally been known as Centralia. The
| |
| | infrastructure formed the basis of a
|
| city sits on the west of the Red River,
| |
| | thriving community and expansion soon
|
| the State of Minnesota to the east, and
| |
| | followed.
|
| is only 275 miles from the major
| |
| | A hotel in Fargo was the first major
|
| conurbation of Minneapolis-St.Paul.
| |
| | building to be erected in the town. The
|
| The largest city in North Dakota, Fargo
| |
| | Headquarters Hotel built in 1872, housed
|
| is ideally located next to the rich
| |
| | not only guests, but government and
|
| agricultural belt of the Central Plains
| |
| | railroad offices. However, the original
|
| and is nicknamed the Gateway to the West
| |
| | Headquarters survived for only two years
|
| because of its location at the crossroads
| |
| | before being destroyed by a fire started
|
| of major railroads and the Red River. As
| |
| | in the kitchen. But, in yet another
|
| the town developed in the 1870s and 1880s
| |
| | example of the resilience and fortitude
|
| it was helped by being an early stopping
| |
| | of the early settlers, it was completely
|
| off spot for the Steamboats. The mixture
| |
| | rebuilt within 90 days.
|
| of trade arriving by river and railroad
| |
| | The town continued to grow steadily until
|
| helped build the town's importance to the
| |
| | the Second World War. After the conflict
|
| region.
| |
| | ended Fargo entered a boom period and
|
| The first setback for the town occurred
| |
| | expanded rapidly. Even a violent tornado
|
| when Fargo was almost entirely razed in
| |
| | in 1957, which destroyed a large portion
|
| June 1893 after a small ash fire behind a
| |
| | of northern Fargo, couldn't stop the
|
| grocery store quickly spread and engulfed
| |
| | town's expansion. In yet another example
|
| hundreds of the closely-built wooden
| |
| | of the town's resilience, the affected
|
| buildings. But, out of that disaster
| |
| | areas were soon rebuilt and any signs of
|
| sprung a better, sanitised version of
| |
| | the devastation quickly removed.
|
