The Northern Pacific Railway was the driving force behind Brainerd’s first bridge across the Mississippi River, and the bridge was constructed in 1870. But five years later, it came crashing down and five passengers were killed.
Patching up outlaws after gunfights. Tracking through deep snow to reach a pioneer family. Prescribing laudanum and opiates. All in a day's work for Fargo-Moorhead's first doctors, according to a June 15, 1975 historical overview on the early yea.