. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ppeared. Fargo was platted in 1872 and the Headquarters Hotel was built,but it was an Indian reservation and made little headway in the direction oftown building until 1874. Glyndon was then nearly a deserted city. E. B. Chambers had printed a few copies of the Fargo Express at Glyndonfor A. H. Moore, with Capt. Scott Bonney editor, but it never reached the pointof being established as a North Dakota or Fargo newspaper, and was neverregularly published. It was printed to show to the officers of the Wells FargoExpress Company that
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ppeared. Fargo was platted in 1872 and the Headquarters Hotel was built,but it was an Indian reservation and made little headway in the direction oftown building until 1874. Glyndon was then nearly a deserted city. E. B. Chambers had printed a few copies of the Fargo Express at Glyndonfor A. H. Moore, with Capt. Scott Bonney editor, but it never reached the pointof being established as a North Dakota or Fargo newspaper, and was neverregularly published. It was printed to show to the officers of the Wells FargoExpress Company that a paper had been established and to obtain a bonus. Inthis they succeeded and Mr. Fargo contributed $500 for the purchase of a print-ing press. FARGO EXPRESS APPEARS January i, 1874, the genuine Fargo Express made its appearance. It wasedited and published by A. J. Harwood, Gordon J. Keeney and E. W. was the first newspaper in North Dakota in the Red River Valley and thesecond in the state. P. P. Wall, of Audubon, was the printer who installed the. ^?&!imi ;^»iSfefta-^a^g,-a: Couile^y Xuithfiii Pacifie Railruad BISJIARCIv IN 18T4Camp Hiincdck on the left
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