In fact, the city was named for William G. In the beginning, Fargo was a rough and rowdy frontier town, with its fair share of bordellos and saloons. In , Fargo's population was only But Fargo grew rapidly as more and more settlers arrived, drawn by the promise of cheap, fertile farmland in the Red River Valley. By , Fargo had grown to a city of more than 8, inhabitants; the tents and shanties of earlier days had been replaced by mainly wood-frame buildings.
It will be furnished with the best Yale furniture and cases and will be opened in thirty days, no degree of cold having as yet been experienced sufficient to prevent plastering. It is managed by Ed.
Thomas, Esq. It was begun in , was opened in the spring of , and will be entirely completed in a short time. It is of brick, three stories in heighth and contains eighty-one sleeping rooms, large office, parlors, billiard room, sample rooms and other apartments, and is furnished first-class throughout.
The proprietor, Mr. His fortune has all been carved out by his own skill, energy and perseverence, and is a sample of what can be done in this great country. The erection of this splendid hostelry, its elegant furnishing and sumptuous fare is doing more to advertise the city than any and all the rest of the institutions which Moorhead possesses.
It was built magnificently, furnished luxuriously and is kept sumptuously. It is located on Front street, Ninth and James, and fronts on each. On James street the St. The building is feet long by wide. It was designed by L. Buffington of Minneapolis, architect, was erected by H. Bruns and is operated by John Baugh. In its conception the owner designed to build a hotel perfect in all parts. Large, high sleeping rooms, spacious halls and corridors, office, parlors, dining room, sample rooms and all other hotel apartments are the result.
In its equipment nothing but the best was desired, or had. Heated by steam throughout; lighted with gas, bath rooms adjoining sleeping rooms, and luxurious parlor and bedroom furniture, velvet and Brussels carpets, and in short anything rich and comfortable which money would purchase is the result. Nothing but the rich, elegant and beautiful are to be found within its four walls. It is built in the form of a hollow square, the office one story high and lighted by skylights occupying the center space.
As you enter from either side you are at once impressed with the vastness of the space allotted for office and halls, and find yourself able to move without the inconvenience one usually experiences about the office and corridors of some of our first class hotels. Its suite of rooms, comprising bedroom, dressing room, sitting room, closet, bath room with hot and cold water and water closet, heated by steam and lighted by gas, suggest an idea of comfort to which ordinary hotels are utter strangers.
Bruns, has exhibited a remarkable sagacity throughout. That Mr. Bruns is just that sort of man is evidenced by his selection of Manager Baugh.
Paul people, and, in fact the traveling public of the Northwest, are too familiar with his capabilities as a hotel man, to need any introduction to him. It is only necessary to say, that he has brought about him a thoroughly competent and experienced corps of hotel people, who understand every part of their duties, and who make the comfort of their guests their first thought.
Courteous treatment and prompt attention to the wants of patrons, is the first duty he requires of his subordinates.
There are sleeping rooms in the house including nineteen suites of three and four rooms really adapted for small families. In every particular in construction, equipment and management the Grand Pacific hotel of Moorhead is perfect and a model of its kind, furnishing a table unrivalled by any house northwest of Chicago and Milwaukee, and will of itself do more for Moorhead than anyone who has not seen it can imagine.
Edwards, late of the Metropolitan, St. Paul, and H. Hyndman, late of Boston, night clerk. All Manitoba trains stop for mails at the Grand Pacific. Blines is building a block of ten stores on Ninth street, fronting the Grand Pacific, the larger part of which are already rented. They are two stories high and are veneered with brick.
Although comparatively little has as yet been done in this city, the little accomplished is important. Bruns, manufacture barrels of flour per day, which is all shipped west to Ft. Recently two car loads were shipped via Ft. Benton to the Canadian Pacific advance engineers on Bow river, Manitoba.
Peter Czizek, one of the liveliest of the live men of Moorhead, has a very perfect butcher shop and packing house, doing all the heavy work and cooking by steam. He buys his stock entirely in St. Paul, and only the best. The Lamb Bros. James H. Sharp was a member of the first school board and served on the Board of Education until He is remembered as the father of Moorhead Area Public Schools.
On Sept. In the school was completely rebuilt. It served Moorhead students until when it was torn down and Moorhead High School, now Townsite Centre, was built.
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