About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Absaraka, North Dakota, Alice, North Dakota, Amenia, North Dakota, Argusville, North Dakota, Arthur, North Dakota, Ayr, North Dakota, Briarwood, North Dakota, Brooktree Park, North Dakota, Buffalo, North Dakota, Casselton, North Dakota, Chaffee, North Dakota, Davenport, North Dakota, Embden, North Dakota, Enderlin, North Dakota, Erie, North Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota, Frontier, North Dakota, Gardner, North Dakota, Grandin, North Dakota, Harwood, North Dakota, Horace, North Dakota, Hunter, North Dakota, Kindred, North Dakota, Leonard, North Dakota, Mapleton, North Dakota, North River, North Dakota, Oxbow, North Dakota, Page, North Dakota, Prairie Rose, North Dakota, Reile's Acres, North Dakota, Tower City, North Dakota, West Fargo, North Dakota, Wheatland, North Dakota, Wild Rice, North Dakota. Excerpt: Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota, accounting for nearly 16% of the state population. Fargo is also the county seat of Cass County. According to the 2010 census, its population was 105,549. Fargo, along with its twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota, as well as adjacent West Fargo, North Dakota and Dilworth, Minnesota, form the core of the Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 contained a population of 212,171. Founded in 1871, Fargo is the economic center of southeastern North Dakota. Fargo is a cultural, retail, health care, educational, and industrial hub for the region. Fargo is also the home to North Dakota State University. Fargo is in the floodplain of the Red River of the North which, as of 2013, has frequent floods. The area that is present-day Fargo was an early stopping point for steamboats floating down the Red River during the 1870s and 1880s. The city was originally named "Centralia," but was later renamed "Fargo" after Northern Pacific Railway...
