FERGUS FALLS, a city of western Minnesota, U.S.A., 170m. N.W. of Minneapolis, on the Red river of the North; the county seat of Otter Tail county. It is served by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railways, and by motor bus lines. The population was 7,581 in 1920 (7o% of foreign birth or foreign parentage, largely Scandinavian) and was 9,389 in 193o by the Federal census. Situated in the "park region" of the State, the city has great natural beauty, enhanced by boulevards, shaded streets and well kept lawns. It is the seat of a State hospital for the insane (1887), of Park Region college (Nor wegian Lutheran, 1892), and of Northwestern college (Swedish Lutheran, 1901) . There is a hydro-electric plant, and various manufacturing industries. Permanent settlement dates from 1866. The village was incorporated in 1872, and became a city in 1881.