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The river crested at 54 feet in Grand Forks. Grand Forks mayor Pat Owens had to order the evacuation of more than 50,000 people, most of the population of the city, as a huge area was flooded. A large fire started in downtown Grand Forks, engulfing eleven buildings and sixty apartment units before being extinguished.
The Red River flood of 1997 in the United States was a major flood that occurred in April 1997, along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota.The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and Winnipeg, while Grand Forks and East Grand Forks received the most damage, where floodwaters reached over 3 miles (5 km) inland, inundating ...
The Building at 317 S. 3rd St. in Grand Forks, North Dakota was built circa 1884 in a style that has been described as Early Commercial and Vernacular. [1] Among other uses it lodged overflow patrons of the next door Richardson House. [3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was destroyed by the 1997 ...
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In 2005, despite the flood and fire damage to the area, the Downtown Grand Forks Historic District was listed. The most recent listings, in 2010, are the University of North Dakota Historic District and WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery , and in 2011, The Kegs Drive-In .
Patrica A. Owens (March 17, 1941 – July 23, 2024) was an American politician who was the mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota, during the flood that devastated the city in April 1997. She actively lobbied then-president Bill Clinton for funds to rebuild the city and construct a permanent flood protection system for the city and neighboring East ...
Feb. 22—GRAND FORKS — Flood preparation has started in Grand Forks, says Todd Feland, Grand Forks city administrator. As the National Weather Service predicts a minor to moderate flood risk ...
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