The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
1871 - A.H. Moore's house (residence) built.
1873
Headquarters Hotel in business.
Cass County established.
1874
Fargo incorporated in Dakota Territory.
County courthouse built.
1876 - Population: 600.
1880
Fargo Daily Times newspaper begins publication.
Population: 2,693.
1889 - Town becomes part of the new U.S. state of North Dakota.
1890 - North Dakota Agricultural College opens.
1891 - Concordia College founded in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
1893
June 7: Fire.
Opera house built.
1894 - Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper in publication.
1897 - North Dakota Harness Company in business.
1898
Fargo Golf Club formed.[1]
Fram Norwegian-language newspaper in publication.
1899 - St. Mary's Cathedral built.
1900 - Population: 9,589; county 28,625.
1903
Public Library built.
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church founded.
1904 - Fargo Street Railway begins operating.
1906
State Fair begins.
Grand Theater opens.
1908 - St. Luke’s Hospital opens.
1912
April: Preacher Billy Sunday visits town.
July: Sangerfest (song festival) held.
1914 - Princess Theatre opens.
1917
Woodrow Wilson High School established.
John Miller Baer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's 1st congressional district.
1920
Pence Automobile Company Warehouse built.
Population: 21,961; county 41,477.
1922 - WDAY radio begins broadcasting.
1926
June 26: Gustaf of Sweden visits town.
Fargo Theatre built.
1927 - August 26: Charles Lindbergh visits town.
1928 - Regan Brothers Bakery in business.
1929 - Veterans' Hospital built.
1930 - Post Office and Courthouse built.
1931 - Fargo Civic Orchestra established.
1935 - Dovre Ski Slide erected.
1939 - June: Olav of Norway visits town.
1940 - November 7: Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live recorded.
1948
KFGO radio begins broadcasting.
American Crystal Sugar Company factory begins operating in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
1954 - Herschel Lashkowitz becomes mayor.
1957 - 1957 Fargo tornado.
1960 - North Dakota State University active.
1964 - Public educational KFME (TV) begins broadcasting.
1966 - Fargo North High School and Daughters of Dakota Pioneers established.
1969 - Red River Valley Genealogical Society founded.
1970
Bison Sports Arena built.
Population: 53,365; county 73,653.
1972 - West Acres Shopping Center in business.
1974 - Sister city relationship established with Hamar, Norway.
1975 - Plains Art Museum founded.
1978 - Jon Lindgren becomes mayor.
1983 - Greater Fargo-Moorhead Area Food Bank established.[2]
1986 - Hector Airport terminal built.
1987 - Sister city relationship established with Vimmerby, Sweden.
1990 - Historic Preservation Commission established.[3]
1992 - Fargodome (stadium) opens.
1996
Sundog (company) in business.
Fictional Fargo film released.
1997 - April: 1997 Red River Flood.
1998 - City website online (approximate date).
2000 - Population: 90,599.
2003 - Pride parade begins (approximate date).
2004 - The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) begins broadcasting.
2006 - Dennis Walaker becomes mayor.
2007 - Open magazine begins publication.
2009 - 2009 Red River flood.
2010 - Population: 105,549.
2013
Sanford Medical Center construction begins.
Kevin Cramer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district.
2014 - Timothy Mahoney becomes mayor.
Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA