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In 1879, George Winship started The Herald. The twin cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks were first physically connected when, in 1879, Alexander Griggs built a pontoon toll bridge at the present day site of the Sorlie Bridge at DeMers Avenue. The city of Grand Forks was officially incorporated on February 22, 1881.
April 20, 1995. (#95000469) 420 Reeves Dr. 47°55′04″N 97°01′36″W / 47.917778°N 97.026667°W / 47.917778; -97.026667 (Harriet and Thomas Beare House) Grand Forks. Victorian house built in 1901 for real estate man Thomas Beare, exemplifying the conspicuous consumption of the cities' elite during the Progressive Era and ...
Congressional district. At-large. Website. www.gfcounty.nd.gov. Grand Forks County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 73,170, [ 1 ] making it the third most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat and largest community is Grand Forks.
April 20, 1995. The Harriet and Thomas Beare House is a Victorian house located on Reeves Drive in the Near Southside Historic District of Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Harriet and Thomas Beare House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is also known as the Margaret E. Bowler Murphy and Michael F. Murphy House.
NRHP reference No. 82001325 [ 1] Added to NRHP. October 26, 1982. Grand Forks City Hall is a building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was built in 1911. [ 3] It was designed by Grand Forks architect John W. Ross and was built by Northern Construction & Engineering. [ 1][ 3] In ...
Third Street looking north Third Street looking south. Grand Forks was first settled in 1870. In 1872, seven pioneers staked claims to land on the Red River. [3] The 9-acre (36,000 m 2) piece of land that would become downtown Grand Forks was first platted by Grand Forks' "founding father", Alexander Griggs, and his wife Etta, in 1875.
B'nai Israel Synagogue. The B'nai Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 601 Cottonwood Street, in Grand Forks. The congregation was chartered on August 26, 1891; founded by Eastern European Jews, including Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and ...
November 25, 1980. Grand Forks County Courthouse is a Beaux Arts style building in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a "richly decorated white limestone structure in a modified Classical Revival style, topped with a massive cast iron dome."