History columnist Curt Eriksmoen delivers the second story on William "Thornton" Montgomery, a former slave who moved to North Dakota and became a bonanza farmer.
Since 1910, the building at 916 Main Avenue in Fargo has been everything from fire station and private residence to coffee house. Now it will provide rentable venues for groups of 50-75.
FARGO Every June, Fargo marks the anniversary of the 1957 tornado that killed 12 people and damaged more than 1,000 homes but June also marks the anniversary of another devastating disaster that forever changed the city.