Fergus Falls Trivia

1. Where was the Wright Hospital located before being united with St. Luke’s to become Lake Region Hospital?

2. The oldest section of Broen Memorial Home was originally what college?

3. When was the first school year in the present new High School?

4. When did the Washington school burn down?

5. What was the previous name of Washington Avenue?

6. Name the street that once was called Banana Avenue?

7. Which five streets are in alphabetical order?

8. What was re-located when the present Middle School was built?

9. Who built the first automobile in Fergus Falls?

10. Fergus Falls is headquarters for what church body?

11. What year did the WestRidge Mall open?

12. When did Medallion Kitchens burn?

13. What year was Fergus Falls named All-American City?

14. Who was the only woman mayor of Fergus Falls?

15. Name the pervious location of the county museum?

16. Where was the Otter Tail Co. seat originally supposed to have been located?

17. What hotel was destroyed by The Great Fergus Falls Cyclone of 1919?

18. What two clinics merged to form the Fergus Falls Medical Group?

19. What year did the Community College open?

20. What school first occupied the site of the present Hillcrest Academy?

21. Who chose the location for the townsite of Fergus Falls in 1858?

22. Who sponsored the townsite expedition?

23. What year did the railroad reach the city of Fergus Falls?

24. Who designed the Medieval Revival style River Inn in 1929?

Answers:
1. Corner of Cascade & Washington where the main office for Otter Tail Power Company stands.
2. Northwestern
3. 1953-54
4. 1967
5. Bismarck Avenue
6. 7th Avenue
7. Alcott, Bancroft, Channing, Douglas, Everett
8. Otter Tail County Fair
9. Robert Hoorn
10. Lutheran Brethern
11. 1979
12. December 1983
13. 1981
14. Barb Donoho
15. Courthouse
16. Ottertail City
17. Grand
18. Fergus Falls Clinic & Park Region Medical Center
19. 1960
20. Park Region College
21. Joseph Whitford
22. James Fergus
23. 1879
24. Vernon Wright