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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 ...
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.
Lucy Johnston Sypher (August 6, 1907 – December 1990) wrote a series of four children's books based loosely on her childhood in the small prairie town of Wales, North Dakota: The Edge of Nowhere (1972), Cousins and Circuses (1974), The Spell of the Northern Lights (1975), and The Turnabout Year (1976).
Liz Anderson (1927–2011), country singer; grew up in Grand Forks; Lynn Anderson (1947–2015), country singer; born in Grand Forks; Maxwell Anderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter, lyricist; Tom Brosseau, singer and songwriter, folk guitarist; Tony Fontane, gospel singer; Joel Harlow, Academy Award-winning makeup ...
Carl Panzram was born on June 28, 1891, on a farm near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, the sixth of seven children born to East Prussian immigrants Johann "John" Gottlieb Panzram and Mathilda Elizabeth "Lizzie" Panzram (née Bolduan [1]). Panzram and his six siblings were made to work on the family farm from a young age until truancy laws came ...
In 1866, he moved with his parents to the Dakota Territory, living on a farm near Emerato in Grand Forks County. [1] Nuessle attended public schools in the Grand Forks area for his early education. [1] He attended the University of North Dakota, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1889 and his Juris Doctor in 1901. [1] [2]
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Harry Gordon Cheek (April 23, 1879 – August 25, 1927) was a Major League Baseball player. Cheek played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1910 . In 2 games, Cheek had 2 hits in 4 at-bats, with a .500 batting average.