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Fargo College

a coeducational institution in Fargo, N. D.; founded in 1888 under the auspices of the Congregational Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 32; students, 602. President, W. H.

Howard.

FARGO, WILLIAM GEORGE, an American capitalist; born in Pompey, N.

Y., May 20, 1818; became Buffalo agent of the Pomeroy Express Company in 1843; established the first express company W. of Buffalo, in 1844; and, in 1868, became president of the great corporation controlling the whole West, the Wells Fargo Express Company. He died in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1881.

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