20. -1871- Moorhead Established

Moorhead and Glyndon were established when the Northern Pacific Railroad laid track from Duluth through Clay County in 1871. Everyone knew that a significant town would develop wherever the Northern Pacific crossed the Red River. The railroad's subsidiary, Lake Superior and Puget Sound Land Company, intended to lay out and sell lots in this community. To keep the crossing location secret, the railroad staked out a "fake" location for the crossing in Oakport Township. Hundreds of prospective property owners flocked to the site. When the real site was revealed in late 1871 the hordes abandoned the site for Moorhead. The ruse location became known as "Bogusville."

Clay County Historical Society Newsletter
September - October 2001
Vol. XXIV. No.5 p.5

1.
 Henry Hudson
12.
 Colonel John J. Abercrombie
2.
 Pierre de la Verendrye
13.
 Anson Northrup
3.
 Chief Pegius
14.
 The Metis
4.
 Charles Chaboillez
15.
 Province of Manitoba
5.
 Alexander Henry
16.
 James Hill
6.
 Lord Douglas
17.
 Steamboats
7.
 Sir George Simpson
18.
 Red River Elevation
8.
 Joe Rolette
19.
 Grand Forks
9.
 Norman W. Kittson
20.
 Moorhead - Glyndon
10.
 Major Samuel Woods
21.
 Hudson's Bay Company
11.
 William Cochran
22.
 Red River as a boundary

 

  


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