FARGO, the largest city of North Dakota, U.S.A., on the eastern boundary of the State, on the Red river, opposite Moor head, Minn., and 252m. N.W. of St. Paul; the county seat of Cass county. It is on Federal highways 1 o and 81; has a municipal air port ; and is served by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways. The population in 1925 (State census) was 24,921, and was in 1930, 28,619 by the Federal census. About 15% are of foreign birth, chiefly Scandinavian and Canadian. Fargo is the most important city in the Red river valley ("the granary of the world"). It is an important market for farm-machinery and has a large general wholesale trade. Wholesale transactions in 1926 amounted to $37,745,500; retail trade to $19,652,600. The factory output in 1927 was valued at $5,571,055. The assessed valuation of property in 1927 was $32,177,435. Bank debits to individual accounts in 1926 amounted to $186,238,000. Fargo is the seat of several private schools, and of the North Dakota agricultural college, which was provided for by the State Constitution, and established in 1890 by the first legislative assembly. It owns 1•5 sections of land in the north-western part of the city and extend ing beyond the city limits, of which 1 ooac. is used for the campus. The biennial appropriation for maintenance in 1925 was Resident enrolment (exclusive of correspondence courses) is over 1,400. The agricultural experiment station maintains branches at Langdon, Edgeley, Dickinson, Hettinger, McLeod and Williston. A tent colony was established here when the Northern Pacific crossed the river in 1871, and permanent settlement began in 1873, after the Indian title to the land had been extinguished. The city was chartered in 1875, and was named after W. G. Fargo, of Wells; Fargo and Company. It has a commission form of government. The population was 5,664 in 1890; 9,589 in 190o; in 191o; and 21,961 in 192o.