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Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0911-00001
Title: Bird's eye view of stockyards, West Fargo (N.D.)
Date: circa 1940
Summary: View of the railroad tracks and surrounding business district. On the left side there is a garage, the Interstate Seed & Grain Co. and the West Fargo Lumber & Supply Co. On the right side of the tracks is the West Fargo Union Stockyards.||The West Fargo Union Stockyards were built in 1935-1936 to compete with the Armour meat packing plant located in the same city. In 1988 the business was sold to Central Livestock of St. Paul.
Red ID: PH_I_88320 Image ID: 174345 Image Notes: E0911-00001

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

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