The first instrument filed for record in the Cass County Office of Register of Deeds ( now Cass County Recorder’s Office ) was the Fargo town plat on January 2 , 1874 . The original Townsite of Fargo was platted out of Section Seven by the Northern Pacific Railroad , and it extended from the Red River to what is now South University Drive and from the Northern Pacific tracks south to Fourth Avenue . Squatters located in the area were allowed to purchase the lots on which they were located , and in 1887 , the railroad deeded what is now Main Avenue from the Red River to South University Avenue to the city . At that time , it was discovered that several businesses encroached on the street , and they had to be moved .
    
   At the time that the plat was filed , east - west avenues to the south were named Washington , Adams , Jefferson and Madison . In 1902 , the names were changed to numbered avenues by city ordinance . It was not until 1955 that Front Street became Main Avenue . In the very early days , businesses were concentrated along the south side of Main Avenue , across from the Headquarters Hotel and the railroad offices and headquarters .
   Island Park was a part of Section Seven , and through the intervention of Jacob Lowell , Jr . , and J . B . Power , a land agent for the railroad , the Northern Pacific deeded this area to the city for a park , as it is still being used today . On the north side of the N . P . tracks , to University Avenue , the railroad held only the 200 feet from the center of the tracks which was a part of its original grant . By 1883 , the Land Office announced that all land in Cass County was surveyed and could be acquired by purchase only .
   Photos and content courtesy of Digital Horizons ( North Dakota Histories Collection , ND State Library ) and the Cass County Recorder’s Office .
   

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