# Timeline of Fargo, North Dakota

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

## Prior to 20th century

* 1670 – Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, is a territory established in British North America comprising the Hudson Bay drainage basin.
* 1811 – The Selkirk Concession (a land grant issued by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk) begins the Red River Colony colonization project.
* 1871 – A.H. Moore's house (residence) built.
* 1873
** Headquarters Hotel in business.
** Cass County established.
* January 5, 1875
** Fargo incorporated in Dakota Territory.
** First Cass 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
** North Dakota Agricultural College College Hall (Old Main) is built.
** Concordia College founded in nearby Moorhead, Minnesota.
* 1893
** June 7: Fire.
** Mechanical Arts Building built on North Dakota Agricultural College campus.
** Opera house built.
* 1894 – Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper in publication.
* 1897 – North Dakota Harness Company in business.
* 1898
** Fargo Golf Club formed.
** Fram Norwegian-language newspaper in publication.
** Northern Pacific Railway Depot is built.
* 1899 – Cathedral of St. Mary built.

## 20th century

* 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
** The Cass County Jail is built.
** 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.
* 1915 – The Ford Building is built.
* 1917
** Woodrow Wilson High School built and 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
** Black Building in Downtown Fargo is built.
** Fargo Civic Orchestra established.
* 1935 – Dovre Ski Slide erected.
* 1938 – Dacotah Field opens on the North Dakota State University campus.
* 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.
* 1955 – Dacotah Field is moved to the NDSU North Campus.
* 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.
* 1986 – Hector Airport terminal built.
* 1987 – Sister city relationship established with Vimmerby, Sweden.
* 1990 – Historic Preservation Commission established.
* 1992 – Fargodome stadium opens.
* 1996
** Newman Outdoor Field opens.
** Sundog company opened for business.
** Fictional Fargo film released.
* 1997 – April: 1997 Red River flood.
* 1998 – City website online (approximate date).

## 21st century

* 2000 – Population: 90,599.
* 2004 – The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) begins broadcasting.
* 2006 – Dennis Walaker becomes mayor.
* 2007 – Open magazine begins publication.
* 2008 – Scheels Arena, initially known as "The Urban Plains Center" is built.
* 2009 – 2009 Red River flood.
* 2010 – Population: 105,549.
* 2013
** Dakotah Field is renovated.
** Sanford Medical Center construction begins.
** Kevin Cramer becomes U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district.
* 2014 – Tim Mahoney becomes mayor.
* 2016 – Bison Sports Arena is renovated and reopens as Scheels Center for the 2016-17 season.
* 2017 – Pride parade begins (approximate date).
* 2020 – RDO Building is built and becomes the tallest building in Fargo at 235 feet.
* 2021 – Woodrow Wilson High School renamed to "Dakota High School"
* 2023 – Lashkowitz High Rise is demolished.