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Bonanzaville |
58078 West Fargo, ND, United States of America (USA) (North Dakota ) |
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Address |
1351 W. Main Ave
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Floor area | 49 000 m² / 527 432 ft² |
Opening times
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Monday through Saturday: 10am to 5pm; Sunday: Noon to 5pm
The Pioneer Village is closed until May 2013.
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Status from 01/2013
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Adults: $5.00; Kids (ages 6-16): $3.00 | ||||||||
Contact |
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Homepage | www.bonanzaville.org |
Location / Directions |
Bonanzaville is located just off of Interstate 94 (Exit 343) and about two and a half miles (4 km) west of the city of Fargo, North Dakota |
Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Bonanzaville, USA is a history museum complex in West Fargo, North Dakota. Bonanzaville, the museum of the Cass County Historical Society, is made up of forty-seven buildings on 12 acres (49,000 m2), many of them are historic and from the region. These buildings have been moved to the museum grounds and now form a village setting. Most of the buildings have a special theme. Displays include a prairie church, a general store, a drug store, a fire station, a jail, and a schoolhouse. There are also several newer buildings which have been constructed on the grounds including an aircraft museum and an automobile museum. Other exhibits include horse-drawn vehicles, firefighting vehicles and equipment, medical and dental equipment, a law enforcement museum, a telephone museum, and a newspaper printing press. Bonanzaville has several hundred thousand artifacts in their collections and on display. Pioneer Village Exhibits:We have 43 historic buildings and 400,000 artifacts.Dahl Car Museum: A collection of vintage automobiles that spans from a 1904 Holzman Car to more modern examples. Many of these vehicles are still in working condition and are used in parades. Eagles Air Museum: More than twenty aircraft are on display dating from 1911 to 1975. Showcased is “The Governor’s Plane,” a C-47 that was used in the D-Day invasion. The museum features many planes restored by Charles Klessig, author of My Highway in the Sky, which is for sale in the gift shop. Horse Drawn Vehicle Building: Buggies, wagons, drays, hitches, grain binders, and a replica Wells Fargo stagecoach are on display in this building. Of special note is the horse-drawn hearse from Fredrikson and Brakke funeral home of Davenport, ND. Law Enforcement Museum: The Fargo Auxiliary Police Association joined with other law enforcement agencies to furnish and maintain the exhibits in this building. Medical Display: This building displays a collection of medical and dental equipment from the Nineteenth Century. The house was donated by the Maier family. Melroe Tractor Building: This museum is named for Les Melroe, founder of Melroe Manufacturing which became Bobcat. It features many manufactures including Case, John Deere and McCormick. Moum Agricultural Building: Tractors, farm machinery, the world’s largest bulldozer, and the first Steiger tractor ever built are all housed in this building. The building is named for Donald Moum. Telephone Museum: This museum is housed in the former hardware store building from Tower City, ND. The Telephone Pioneers of America Museum houses historic telephone equipment and provides Bonanzaville with its telephone connections. |
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