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About Fargo
North Dakota's largest city, Fargo is nestled in the state's southeast corner near the Minnesota border, where it joins neighboring Moorhead to form the region's agricultural capital and its most important shipping and processing centers. Founded in 1872 as a train depot for the fertile Red River Valley, the city was... [read more]
Fargo Factoid
What's in a name? Well, would you believe that the Northern Pacific Railway named the city of Fargo in honor of William G. Fargo, co-founder of the Wells Fargo Company? Fargo and partner Henry Wells started their banking and delivery business in the 1850s to service the financial needs of the ever-growing Western United States. Upon completion of the transcontinental railroad, the company became the country's first ocean-to-ocean express delivery service.