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| | Grand Forks - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Grand Forks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | City and administrative headquarters of Grand Forks County, east North Dakota, USA, situated on the Minnesota border, 124 km/77 mi north of Fargo, on the Red River; population (1990) 49,400. |
 | | It is a centre for the surrounding agricultural area; most of its industries, such as food-processing mills and fertilizer plants, are associated with agriculture. |
 | | Grand Forks was founded as a fur-trading post in 1801, and was permanently settled in 1871; it was incorporated as a city in 1881. |
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