Fargo, N.D., History Exhibition, Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU

This page is a guide to the web pages about the early history of Fargo. Many are linked one to another but this page provides a quick guide to all of the pages.

Fargo Before Settlement
Fargo in the 1870's

Survey Party Portrait
The First Settlers
The First Buildings
The First Businesses
The First Christmas Tree
Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge
Fargo Christmas Story
Headquarters Hotel
Early Front Street looking east
Front Street (Main Avenue) looking west in 1879.
South of Front Street. Looking southwest in the early 1870s.
Yerxa Mercantile

Fargo in the 1880's
- Map of Fargo in 1880. Takes a while to download but it's worth the wait.
- Fargo Businessmen 1883
- Map of Fargo in 1884.
- Stephens & Sears Livery
- Union Elevator
- Fargo from Moorhead
- Fargo from Moorhead 2
- Fargo Street Names
Fargo Grows
Bonanza Farms
The Fargo Fire of 1893

At the turn of century, 1900, Fargo had grown to a population of 9,589.

Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo History Before 1900