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After visiting the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minneapolis I drove towards Fargo, North dakota. It took about 3.5 hours in that Interstate 94. This city is situated in a region called "Great Plains". In my experience it is certainly a great plain. While I was cruising along I-94 west in about 78mpg, I saw the sodium vapour glow at some distance indicating there is a city ahead. I even saw the twinkles of street lights. Right from the first glimpse of this light, it took about 55 minutes for me to reach Moorhead-Fargo area. I could see the city from pretty far. City is very quite and a different experience from the cities in Eastern seaboard or Detroit. It was quite and less crowded. I saw many vietnamese and Chinese restaurants around downtown.
Below is the wordings from the display board in the picture:
The Northern Pacific was the second of the nation's great transcontinental railroads and the first to serve the northern tier of states. Described as "the single largest business enterprise yet launched in the US", the railroad spanned 6000 miles and took 17 years to construct. Completed in 1887, the tracks linked the Pacific Northwest and Chicago, wehre they connected with eastern rail lines allowing travel from coast-to-coast. In 1961, its eastern terminus was St. Paul.
Year round rail service transformed the Red River Valley and the western territories by making large-scale settlement possible. Thousands of pioneers flocked to the region to establish farms and towns. By 1881, 75 boxcars of wheat per day were arriving in Fargo to be shipped to flour mills in Minneapolis and grain ships in Duluth.
The Northern pacific served this region well into the modern era. During World War II, its trans were used for military transport, bringing soldiers and supplies across the states. The railroad carried the U.S. mail into the 1960s. In 1970 the company merged with the Great Northern railroad to become Burlington Northern. the Burlington Northern-Santa FE still served Fargo-Moorhead in 2004
With this I'm completing all the Northern and eastern states from NY. What is left is the New England area, Colorado and New Mexico in mainland and Alaska and Hawaii in far west. |
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Hi Rajesh, A well taken tourist shot. North Dakota is one of few states in U.S. I have not set foot on yet. My impression to Fargo was from the movie “Fargo”. Thanks for the informative notes. Nice depth and good clarity.
- pranab
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rajesh,
great informative note.
good pov allows us to see the entire scene from a different perspective. good color and dof.
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