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The Grand Forks Riverside Neighborhood Historic District is a 112-acre (45 ha) historic district in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. According to The Herald , citing Peg O'Leary, coordinator of the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission :
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.
Grand Forks is 74 miles (119 km) north of the Fargo-Moorhead area and 145 miles (233 km) south of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [26] Grand Forks is on the western bank of the Red River of the North in an area known as the Red River Valley. The term "forks" refers to the forking of the Red River with the Red Lake River near downtown Grand Forks. [11]
The Kegs is a historic drive-in located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The restaurant takes the form of two large wooden barrels. The barrel structures were originally built in 1935 as part of a chain of seven walk-up root beer stands called The Barrel [1] by William Harry Muzzy. In 1946 the current drive-in came into being when the barrels were ...
With 69 properties and districts listed on the National Register, Grand Forks County has more listings than any of the state's other 52 counties. The city of Grand Forks has been damaged by floods and fires numerous times, including by floods of the Red River, overflowing its banks in record floods in 1882, 1893, 1897, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1969 ...
Over time, Grand Forks has gradually expanded in population and now has 4,049 residents within its city limits. The greater rural area, (Area D of the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary), has another ~3,500 residents. In May 2018 Grand Forks, and the Boundary region as a whole, were affected by flooding of the Kettle and Granby Rivers.
The Metropolitan Opera House was built in 1890 by the Grand Forks Opera Company on land donated by James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway at a cost of $91,000 (equivalent to $3,085,911 in 2023). [1]
15 Mexican Americans: 15–50: Latino: Porvenir: Presidio: Texas: 1918: Accused of stealing and ambushing Texas Rangers: January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers enter Porvenir and took 15 Mexican American boys and men away from the town and executed all 15 by gun shot [365] 4 Mexicans: Latino: Douglas: Cochise: Arizona: 1918: Robbery and murder: Seized ...