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The Big Iron Farm Show is a large farm show held on the grounds of the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, North Dakota. The show started in 1980 in Casselton, North Dakota, but moved to West Fargo in 1981.
The North Dakota State Fair is the largest event in the state, drawing over 300,000 people each year, [4] up from around 250,000 in 2006. [5] Fair attendance tends to increase year by year, with two noted exceptions in 2011 and 2020. The 2011 fair was cancelled because of the 2011 Souris River flood a month prior, which left much of the grounds ...
Fargo is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County.The population was 125,990 at the 2020 census, [4] which was estimated to have grown to 133,188 in 2023, [5] making it the 218th-most populous city in the United States.
On July 14, 2023, 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat opened fire on a group of police officers who were responding to an unrelated traffic collision in Fargo, North Dakota. Police officer Jake Wallin was killed, and officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes and a civilian bystander were injured, before Barakat was killed in a shootout with another police ...
Fargo–Moorhead, also known as the FM area, is a common name given to the metropolitan area comprising Fargo, North Dakota; Moorhead, Minnesota; and the surrounding communities. These two cities lie on the North Dakota – Minnesota border, on opposite banks of the Red River of the North .
North Dakota air route of 1925 June 9, 1911, a Curtiss Biplane named "Sweetheart" flew at the Fargo Fairgrounds before an audience of 12,000 spectators piloted by Robert "Lucky Bob" St. Henry [2] July 12, 1911 Thomas McGoey flies the first North Dakota designed and built aircraft, the Kenworthy-McGoey flying machine at Grand Forks.
Fargo Civic Center is an indoor arena located in Fargo, North Dakota. The 34,000 sq ft center can hold approximately 3,000 people during concerts and 2,800 people during basketball games. [ 1 ] It also hosts trade shows, sporting events, entertainment events, meetings and community events.
The North Dakota Horse Park is a horse racing venue in Fargo, North Dakota, located on 19th Ave N west of Interstate 29. [ 1 ] The park is licensed for up to 9 days of racing in 2013, [ 2 ] though each year it is typically open for one weekend of racing in late July.