Fargo

Fargo, city (1990 pop. 74,111), seat of Cass co., E N.Dak., at the head of navigation on the Red River, opposite Moorhead, Minn.; inc. 1875. A railroad hub and regional financial and medical center, Fargo is also the trade and distribution center of a spring-wheat and livestock region. Manufactures include computer software, farm tools, agricultural products, and transportation equipment. The city was founded (1871) with the coming of the Northern Pacific RR and named for William G. Fargo of the Wells-Fargo Express Company. In the city are North Dakota State Univ. and historical museums. The nearby suburb of West Fargo has stockyards and meatpacking plants.

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Fargo

City (pop., 2000: 90,599), eastern North Dakota, U.S. The state's largest city, it is located on the Red River of the North. It was founded in 1871 by the Northern Pacific Railway and named for William G. Fargo of Wells, Fargo & Co. The development of wheat growing in the area consolidated the city's role as a transportation, marketing, and distribution centre. North Dakota State University (1890) is a noted centre of agricultural research. Local industries include the manufacture of farm implements and fertilizer. The meat-packing plants and stockyards in suburban West Fargo rank among the nation's largest.