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Collection Summary
Collection: FND005 - SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00019
Title: Alanson Edwards
Date: 1939
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Summary: Maj. Alanson W. Edwards (1840-1908), founder of the Fargo Forum in 1891, became the ninth newspaperman to enter the Hall of Fame. Edwards was a giant, 400-pound man who fought in the Civil War, after which he worked at the newspaper in Gillespie, Ill. Edwards passed through Fargo in 1876 on his way to the Black Hills. He returned two years later to start a newspaper. After the Republican and the Argus, he established the Fargo Forum in 1891. He was interested in civic affairs, helping to organize the Fargo water company and putting money into the paper mill, the foundry, the Fargo Southern railway, street cars and electric light and gas plants. He also served in the state legislature. Edwards, who made and lost several fortunes in the newspaper business in Fargo, was instrumental in rebuilding the city after the fire of 1893.
Red ID: FND_I_77459 Image ID: 509278 Image Notes: 10950 00005 00019

Collection: FND005 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Date:

Summary: The Hall of Honors features the biographies of recognized leaders in North Dakota's newspaper industry. This resource is sponsored by the North Dakota Newspaper Association and the NDNA Education Foundation.

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