North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie StateFederal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota
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North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota
North Dakota; North Dakota -- Guidebooks
=Traffic Regulations:= Front St. and 1st Ave. N. (US 10), 13th St.
(US 81), 10th, and 4th Sts. are through streets. Watch for stop
signs and street signals; no U-turn on through streets; turns in
either direction at intersections. Street signs designate hour
parking limits in business district.
=Accommodations:= 30 hotels; Fargo municipal tourist camp,
Lindenwood Park, marked road 3/4 m. S. of city limits, from S. end
of 5th St.
=Tourist Information Service:= Greater North Dakota Association, 13
Bdwy.; Chamber of Commerce, 504 1st Ave. N.
=Theaters and Motion Picture Houses:= Little Country Theater,
agricultural college, 13th St. at 12th Ave. N., college
productions; Festival Hall, agricultural college, occasional
touring artists and stock companies; 6 motion picture houses.
[Map: CITY OF FARGO]
=Golf:= Municipal 18-hole course, Edgewood Park, 3 m. NE. of city
limits (_greens fee 35c_).
=Tennis:= Courts at Oak Grove Park, E. end of 6th and 7th Aves. N.;
Island Park, S. end of Bdwy.
=Swimming:= Outdoor, Red River bordering Island Park at E. end of
1st Ave. S.; indoor, Central High School, 3rd Ave. S. bet. 10th and
11th Sts., open during summer; Y. M. C. A., 632 1st Ave. N.
=Baseball:= Barnett Field, Fairgrounds, 19th Ave. N. and Bdwy.,
Northern League.
=Skating:= Island Park; Pershing Park, 14th St. at 8th Ave. N.
=Skiing:= Dovre Ski Club, highest artificial jump in United States
(1936), 1-1/2 m. N. of 19th Ave. on N. Bdwy. Rd.
=Tobogganing:= Island Park.
=Hockey:= Island Park, Commercial League and high school teams.
=Annual Events:= Ice Carnival, Island Park, January 1; Farmers'
and Homemakers' Week, agricultural college, 3rd week in January;
Bison Brevities, agricultural college, March, no fixed date;
May Festival, agricultural college, 1st week in May; Northwest
Norwegian Whist Tournament in connection with Norwegian
Independence Day, May 17; Lilac Festival, agricultural college,
May, no fixed date; State Fair, Fairgrounds, Bdwy. at 17th Ave.
N., June, no fixed date; Valleyland Music Festival, June, no fixed
date; State Golf Tournament, Fargo Country Club, July, no fixed
date; Harvest Festival and Homecoming, agricultural college,
October, no fixed date; 4-H Club Boys' and Girls' Achievement
Institute, agricultural college, December, no fixed date.
FARGO (907 alt., 28,619 pop.) is on the Red River of the North at the
entrance of two transcontinental railroads into the State. A small,
youthful city, whose varied activities give its business section a
somewhat disorderly air, it is the largest town in North Dakota. Over
the flatness of an old lakebed, where ten thousand years ago the water
of the melting glacier stood 200 feet deep, the city now widely spreads
its homes, manufacturing plants, wholesale houses, trees and parks,
schools and hospitals.
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