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Creation Date
1974
Identification #
OGL291-189
Description
A photograph of the Westward Ho entertainment complex from 1974. Located on Gateway Drive (US Highway 2) in Grand Forks, the Westward Ho featured several restaurants and bars, as well as convention facilities.
The Westward Ho entertainment complex was founded in 1953 by Don Lindgren, a staunch UND athletics supporter. The complex, which also featured a hotel, closed in 2001, and pieces of its historic memorabilia were auctioned off in 2003. The sprawling venue housed the Palace Sports Bar, Big Al’s Pasta Parlor, the Gaslight Lounge Comedy Gallery and had a wooden facade that replicated a frontier town. The complex hosted a number of UND events, and Lindgren picked up visiting college hockey teams at Grand Forks Airport and took them to the hotel. (Grand Forks Herald, January 28, 2021)
Places Depicted
North Dakota--Grand Forks
Organizations Depicted
Westward Ho (Grand Forks, N.D.)
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks