11 Facts About Moorhead Minnesota

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Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead Minnesota helps form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead Minnesota ND-MN Metropolitan Area.

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Moorhead Minnesota is home to the first Dairy Queen to sell Dilly Bars.

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3.

Moorhead Minnesota is located adjacent to the Red River in the Red River Valley.

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4.

The land around the Fargo–Moorhead Minnesota area is some of the flattest and richest in the world.

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5.

Moorhead Minnesota has multiple transportation options available to residents with intercity buses, trains and air travel available in Fargo.

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6.

Agriculture remains prominent in the area, but Moorhead Minnesota is home to notable corporate, manufacturing and distribution industries, including American Crystal Sugar, Busch Agricultural Resources and Pactiv .

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7.

Fargo-Moorhead Minnesota RedHawks is an independent professional baseball team that plays at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo.

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8.

Park Christian School is a private Christian school in Moorhead Minnesota providing a K–12 education as well as St Joseph's, a Catholic elementary school.

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9.

Moorhead Minnesota is briefly referenced in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski as the hometown of one of the main characters, Bunny Lebowski, played by Tara Reid.

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10.

Moorhead Minnesota is mentioned in the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story as the next stop in the ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour.

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11.

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash en route to their scheduled performance at the Moorhead Minnesota Armory Building from Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3,1959.

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