Grand Forks could have been a bigger city from the beginning, except, during the time that the most people had emigrated to the area, North Dakota was considered a "dry" state (meaning they didn't sell or serve alcohol within state limits). East Grand Forks was established across the river in Minnesota because the trappers and traders that first called "Les Grandes Fourches" home wanted to get their drunk on. East Grand Forks had a brewery and 30+ saloons.
These days, Grand Forks is full of drinking and hockey-watching, but I wonder if East Grand Forks is still considered the rough side of town.
Old Main (c. 1890), the first building of the UND campus (photo courtesy of this website)
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