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J.P. Johnson was the contractor who completed the building in 1930 for Edward T. Barnard. Barnard was a Minneapolis native who arrived in town in 1880. He worked for the Fergus Falls Journal until about 1900 when he established a furniture store and funeral home. Barnard discontinued the furniture business at the time he had this building ...
Fleet Farm (formerly Mills Fleet Farm) is an American retail chain of 53 stores in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, the company has a main distribution center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with a buying/support office and warehouse in Appleton.
Gamble-Skogmo Inc. was an American conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.Business operated or franchised by Gamble-Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman's World and Mode O'Day clothing stores, J.M. McDonald department stores, Leath Furniture stores, Tempo and Buckeye Mart Discount Stores, Howard's ...
The C.J. Wright House is a historic building located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States. Minneapolis architect Leroy S. Buffington supplied the designs for this 2½-story wood frame residence. Isaac H. Hobbs & Son, architect firm from Philadelphia created the house drawings. [2] Local carpenter J.O. Crummett built it from 1881 to 1882.
Hotel Kaddatz, also known as the Hotel Wm. Barkley, is a historic building located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States.Charles W. Kaddatz settled in town in 1886. He was involved in various commercial ventures when he started construction on the hotel in 19
The pine and hardwood forests, transportation system, and markets were instrumental in the development of Fergus Falls into a lumber center. The Wisconsin Territory was established by the federal government effective July 3, 1836, and existed until its eastern portion was granted statehood (as Wisconsin) in 1848.
U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota.The route runs through the central portion of the state, following generally the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway (now BNSF Railway) and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Anoka, Saint Paul, and Cottage Grove.
Fergus Falls Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 747 at the 2020 census. [1] Fergus Falls Township was organized in 1870, and named for James Fergus, an early settler, and a series of rapids on the river. [4]