Old Georgetown A Tranportation Crossroads
In 1857 the Hudson's Bay Company received United States government permission to
ship furs and trade goods across the United States. They contracted with the Burbank
brother's Minnesota Stage . . . — — Map (db m205727) HM
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"A dream is a dream"....
On this spot the replica Gokstad Viking ship "Hjemkomst" was built between the years 1974-1980 A.D.
Robert Asp, a junior high school counselor from Moorhead, MN, had a dream, a plan, to one day . . . — — Map (db m278698) HM
Toward the close of the last or Wisconsin stage of glaciation about 10,000 years ago, the ice front receded from central Iowa toward the north and, in the latitude of Browns Valley, crossed the continental divide between the Mississippi River and . . . — — Map (db m233564) HM
The fertile areas along both banks of the Red River of the North were once the bed of a huge lake known to geologists as Glacial Lake Agassiz. When the last glacier retreated and the lake slowly drained some 9,000 years ago, the plain left behind . . . — — Map (db m156984) HM
Built by James and Wilhelmina Douglas in 1873 and occupied until 1887, James Douglas ran a steam ship line along the Red River and served as Moorhead's first Post Master. — — Map (db m43831) HM
Bergquist Cabin Bergquist Cabin, originally owned by John Bergquist, was built in 1872 and is the oldest home in Moorhead still on its original site. John Bergquist would go on to establish a brickyard and help build Moorhead from the ground . . . — — Map (db m266998) HM
In the late winter of 1871, 22-year-old John Bergquist was one of very few settlers living in this area. Far from his native Sweden, he chose this spot for his new home. Like many immigrants, John was drawn to the Minnesota Frontier by the . . . — — Map (db m266999) HM
Many visitors and residents of the area are amazed to find that steamboats on the Red River provided an important local transportation link 150 years ago. "The river must have been wider or deeper or straighter then," many people have suggested. . . . — — Map (db m266798) HM
M.B. Johnson Park is located on the Red River in north Moorhead, Minnesota. In 1971, the City of Moorhead and Clay County purchased 107.9 acres from the Martin Johnson family estate for $107,000 to provide a regional park. M.B. Johnson Park has a . . . — — Map (db m266993) HM
For over 100 years, local men and women have served their country and community through service in the Minnesota National Guard. Members have been called to federal service in combat and support roles during World War 2, the Korean Conflict, in the . . . — — Map (db m266797) HM
The Red River of the North starts In Breckenridge, Minnesota, where the Otter Tail and Bois de Sioux rivers flow together then winds a sinuous 548.7 miles to Lake Winnipeg, a straight-line distance of 286 miles. The Red River watershed is about . . . — — Map (db m266799) HM
Red River Transportation The Red River Trails were a set of overland routes linking the cities of Winnipeg and St. Paul and the small forts and settlements between them.From 1820 to the 1870s, the trails were used by Metis freight drivers who . . . — — Map (db m100838) HM
St. John's Episcopal Church was designed on an Elizabethan model by the noted architect, Cass Gilbert, among whose other significant buildings is the present Minnesota State Capitol. Construction of St. John's began on August 1, 1898.On February 12, . . . — — Map (db m43829) HM
Moorhead-Fargo grew up around this home. But the building didn't always look this way. It has undergone many changes as new owners added their touches. Some of the residents built additions to the house. By 1915, modern construction completely . . . — — Map (db m267000) HM
The railroad bridge west of this spot marks the location of the first bridge over the Red River. In early 1872, the Northern Pacific Railway built west from Duluth and reached the river — this is where Moorhead was founded. Bridge construction . . . — — Map (db m213595) HM
Born in Maine in 1842, Solomon G. Comstock worked on the family farm until he came of age and then followed the pioneers west. After reading law in Bangor, he studied at the University of Michigan, then went to Omaha and Minneapolis. Finally, in . . . — — Map (db m207124) HM
