I am not sure of the year in which the photograph to the right was taken. Probably around 1900 or earlier.

The sign over the door to the left says "Chief Police." Perhaps the man standing by the door is the Chief.

The back of the photograph identifies the man seated at the desk as C. B. Wade.

 

A list of Fargo, N.D. Police Chief's

John E. Haggart - Marshall - 1875
Henry O'Neil - Marshall - 1876
Patrick Devitt - Marshall - 1877
John Moran - Marshall - 1878
C. S. Foster - Marshall - 1879
George Holes - Marshall/Chief - 1881
John M. Bartley - Chief - 1882
Timothy Garvey - Chief - 1883
Ahemius E. Wood - Chief - 1883-1887
Richard Fields - Chief - 1888-1891
Gabriel Grant - Chief - 1892-1893
Patrick N. Barnes - Chief - 1894-1896
William H. Best - Chief - 1896-1898
Fred A. Bowers - Chief - 1898-1902
Frank A. Regan - Chief - 1902-1903
Samuel M. Gowland - Chief - 1903-1906
Cleveland B. Waide - Chief - 1906-1907
Gabriel Grant - Chief - 1908-1909
George E. Bowers - Chief - 1910-1911
Conrad Keefe - Chief - 1912-1913
James K. Bingham - Chief - 1913-1915
Chauncey H. Troyer - Chief - 1915-1917
Louis Dahlgren - Chief - 1917-1929
Edward J. Madison - Chief - 1929-1931
Charles W. Albright - Chief - 1931-1946
Oscar A. Peterson - Chief - 1946
Loyd G. Jester - Chief - 1946-1949
Edward C. Nelson - Chief - 1949-1953
J. Walter Olson - Chief - 1953-1963
J. Dwight Woodley - Chief - 1963-1966
Edwin R. Anderson - Chief - 1966-1986
W. Douglas Franks - Chief - 1986-1989
Ronald R. Raftevold - Chief - 1989-1999
Chris Magnus - Chief - 1999-2006
Keith Ternes - Chief - 2006-

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