THE BERGQUIST CABIN

In 1870, a year before Moorhead was established, 18-year-old Swedish immigrant John Bergquist homesteaded this site along the river. He cut logs in what is now Fargo’s Oak Grove Park and skidded them across the frozen Red to build his cabin. In addition to farming, Bergquist made -- and lost -- a fortune manufacturing bricks from local clay. The Bergquist Cabin is Moorhead’s oldest structure on its original location. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by the Clay County Historical Society.