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FERGUS FALLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 271 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FERGUS FALLS , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Otter Tail county, See also:Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Red See also:river, 170 M. N.W. of Minneapolis. Pop. (1890) 3772; (1900) 6072, of whom 2131 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 6692; (1910) 6887. A large See also:part of the See also:population is of Scandinavian See also:birth or descent. Fergus Falls is served by the See also:Great See also:Northern and the Northern Pacific See also:railways. Situated in the celebrated " See also:park region " of the See also:state, the city possesses great natural beauty, which has been enhanced by a See also:system of boulevards and well-kept private lawns. See also:Lake Alice, in the residential See also:district, adds to the city's attractions. The city has a public library, a county See also:court See also:house, St See also:Luke's See also:hospital, the G. B. See also:Wright memorial hospital, and a city See also:hall. It is the seat of a state hospital for the insane (1887) with about 1600 patients, of a business See also:college, of the Park Region See also:Luther College (See also:Norwegian Lutheran, 1892), and of the See also:North-western College (See also:Swedish Lutheran; opened in 19o1).

It has one of the finest See also:

water-See also:powers in the state. See also:Flour is the See also:principal product; among others are woollen goods, foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, wooden See also:ware, See also:sash, doors and blinds, caskets, shirts, wagons and packed meats. The city owns and operates its water-See also:works and its electric-See also:lighting plant. Fergus Falls was settled about 1859 and was incorporated in 1863.

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