Located on the western banks of the Red River of the North in a flat region known as the Red River Valley, the city is prone to flooding and was struck by the devastating Red River Flood of 1997. Originally called Les Grandes Fourches by French fur traders, Grand Forks was founded in 1870 by steamboat captain Alexander Griggs and incorporated on February 22, 1881. Its location at the fork of the Red River and the Red Lake River gives the city its name.
It is located at a railroad wye where Amtrak trains headed for Chicago turn south. The station was built by Amtrak in 1982, replacing the use of a Great Northern station downtown and allowing Amtrak to serve the city without having to go downtown and then back up. For a while before the station officially opened, trains stopped here and passengers were bussed to and from the old station. The former Great Northern station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990.
Grand Forks is served by Amtrak's daily Empire Builder. Of the seven North Dakota stations served by Amtrak, Grand Forks was the fourth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 55 passengers daily. The station is owned by Amtrak. The platform and tracks are owned by BNSF Railway.
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GRAND FORKS — The business manager of Grand Forks Public Schools said Monday the $2.2 million swindled from the district earlier this year was taken in a phishing scheme ... Grand Forks Public Schools and ...
GRAND FORKS – The Grand Forks City Council received updates about the 42nd Street and DeMers Avenue underpass project during its meeting Monday night ... Voigt covers government in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
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GRAND FORKS — For the first time since 2017, the UND football program enters the final week of the regular season without a shot at the FCS playoffs ...Miller has covered sports at the Grand Forks Herald ...
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