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Moorhead on the Rise: Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County | Artifact Spotlight

6th Grade – 8th Grade

9th Grade – 12th Grade

English

Learn about the urbanization of Moorhead, Minnesota, through the building of the Grand Pacific Hotel and the paving of the roads using paving blocks. These efforts were done in part to bring economic growth and to attract more people to the town. Losa Vedaa of the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County discusses artifacts from these projects, the changes they brought to the town, and the ultimate failure of the hotel.