The WhereProject

Hometown

  • The Fargo Theatre, Home of "Wood-Chip Marge"

    The Fargo Theatre, Home of "Wood-Chip Marge"

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    This morning I cruised downtown on my dad’s old Schwinn to photograph the the 8-foot tall, 500 pound chainsaw statue of Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo which stands on the second floor of the Fargo Theatre. Given my feelings about the movie, I thought this was a fitting way for MGM to honor Fargo after the Coen brothers’ hijacked the city’s…

  • Wood-Chip Marge

    Wood-Chip Marge

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    This 8-foot tall, 500 pound chainsaw carving of Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo which stands on the second floor of the Fargo Theatre. The inscription on the base of the statue reads: Presented to

  • The Farm

    The Farm

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    This afternoon dad and I drove about 30 miles south of Fargo to the farm that my grandpa worked for 34 years and where dad grew up. The muddy roads prevented us from getting much closer than the southwest corner of the land, now clearly marked by a street sign. I couldn’t help notice that…

  • Dad's One-Room School

    Dad's One-Room School

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    Dad attended this school where his mother was the teacher from 1946-1948.

  • McCormick-Deering Threshing Machine

    McCormick-Deering Threshing Machine

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    This McCormick-Deering threshing machine was last used by my dad and grandfather in 1949 when dad was 10. It sits in a stand of trees on one of the Johnson brother’s farms, about 30 miles south of Fargo.

  • Downtown Fargo at Dusk

    Downtown Fargo at Dusk

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    Today I flew back to Fargo to spend time with family and reconnect with the homeland. To acclimate myself, I took an after-dinner stroll down Broadway to see how the downtown revitalization effort is progressing. More was finished, more was torn up, but on the whole it was looking good.On my way back I took…

  • On Being from Fargo

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    (Today I dusted off this essay–it’s about four years old now–and decided it would make a good addition to the ‘hometown’ section of this site.)On Being From FargoWhere are you from?

  • Raspberry from Home

    Raspberry from Home

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    Before leaving Fargo, I pick the last raspberries from my parents patch along the side of the house. It brings back memories of my grandparents farm south of Fargo where the supply seemed unlimited. As kids we would

  • Home – Fargo, ND

    Home – Fargo, ND

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    This week I’m at home visiting my parents in Fargo, ND. This picture is of their house which was built in 1917 and was where my mother grew up. My parents moved there just after I moved away for college. Because I often visiting my grandparents here and because it’s only 6 blocks away from…

  • ND Wheat

    ND Wheat

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    A wheat field west of Fargo, ND