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Happy Birthday Fergus Falls – Celebrating 150 Years!

By Jean Bowman One hundred and fifty years ago George B. Wright wrote in eastern newspapers inviting people to come to Fergus Falls “The Coming City of the West.” We still  celebrate “the waters of the mighty river” and the land “flowing with wheat, potatoes, cabbage.”  He built the  Central Dam (still located on Cascade Street) and harnessed the power of the Otter Tail River for

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