Front Street was the first thoroughfare in Fargo. It began at the Red River and paralleled the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks. In the early days, there was no bridge; you had to use the railroad bridge to cross the river. On November 22, 1955, the Fargo City Commission voted unanimously to change the name of Front Street to Main Avenue. As reported by the Fargo Forum on that date, the resolution was passed at the request of a group of businessmen from the street who had asked the change a week earlier and appeared at the meeting again onNovember 22. The name change, broached in connection with the repaving of the street that year, was effective immediately. Philip Vogel, attorney representing the Main Avenue group, told the commissioners that buisnessmen and citizens along the thoroughfare had met ealier inthe week in the office of Duncan Campbell and that, "taking everything into consideration they advocated the change to Main Avenue."
Fargo, North Dakota
Front Street (Main Avenue)