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 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, Fargo's first house, 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.
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. The complex is open from May through September, but event venues are open year-round. The highlight of the museum's year is the annual "Pioneer Days", the largest and longest-running annual event in the Fargo–Moorhead area. The event is held the third weekend of August. Other popular events include the July 4 Celebration, Ghost Tours, Paranormal Investigations, and Christmas on the Prairie. In November 2018, the producers of Antiques Roadshow announced that the historical television show was planning to film at Bonanzaville in June 2019.[1][2]
The telephone museum was a hardware store donated by Oscar Loken of Tower City and converted by US WEST Telephone Pioneers.[6] The exhibits show telecommunications devices, such as receivers, switching equipment, and glass or porcelain line insulators. Many of the telephone equipment was from the local service area of Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. Old and new type cable were removed from Fargo in 1978 and are on display.[7]
The Telephone Pioneers maintain the telephone equipment which allows calls to be made from one building to another.[8]
There are various telephony related items in the museum.
Floodingedit
A spill of 200,000 US gallons (760,000 L) of water flooded Bonanzaville in January 2019.[9][10][11][12]
Galleryedit
Referencesedit
^Wendy Reuer (November 12, 2018). "'Antiques Roadshow' coming to Bonanzaville". West Fargo Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^Tenorio, Rich (October 15, 2017). "Frontier Jews find more 'Green Acres' than Goldene Medina in rural Dakota". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^. West Fargo Pioneer. 2019-05-09. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^"Spanish-American War exhibit at Bonanzaville". INFORUM. April 18, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^"Telephone Pioneers Museum - Bonanzaville Full Village Tour - PocketSights".
^Reuer, Wendy (2019-01-08). West Fargo Pioneer. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^"Contractors remove ice caused by vandals at Bonanzaville". The Mighty 790 KFGO. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^Service, Wendy Reuer Forum News. "Vandals flood grounds of historic Bonanzaville". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
^Peguero, Joshua. "Bonanzaville pushes back against sheriff's investigation on alleged vandalism". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
External linksedit
"Bonanzaville, USA" website
"Fiber Arts Festival" website
January 01, 1970
bonanzaville, history, museum, complex, west, fargo, north, dakota, bonanzaville, museum, cass, county, historical, society, made, forty, buildings, acres, many, them, historic, from, region, these, buildings, have, been, moved, museum, grounds, form, village,. 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 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 Fargo s first house and a schoolhouse There are also several newer buildings which have been constructed on the grounds including an aircraft museum and an automobile museum Bonanzaville USALocationWest Fargo North Dakota United StatesCoordinates46 52 34 N 96 55 41 W 46 87611 N 96 92806 W 46 87611 96 92806Websitewww wbr bonanzaville wbr org 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 Contents 1 Location and events 2 Exhibits 3 Telephone Pioneers Museum 4 Flooding 5 Gallery 6 References 7 External linksLocation and events editBonanzaville 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 The complex is open from May through September but event venues are open year round The highlight of the museum s year is the annual Pioneer Days the largest and longest running annual event in the Fargo Moorhead area The event is held the third weekend of August Other popular events include the July 4 Celebration Ghost Tours Paranormal Investigations and Christmas on the Prairie In November 2018 the producers of Antiques Roadshow announced that the historical television show was planning to film at Bonanzaville in June 2019 1 2 Exhibits editAn exhibit on the Jewish experience in North Dakota opened in 2017 3 The North Dakota State University Fargo History Project prepared an exhibit on the Spanish American War that opened in 2019 4 5 Telephone Pioneers Museum editThe telephone museum was a hardware store donated by Oscar Loken of Tower City and converted by US WEST Telephone Pioneers 6 The exhibits show telecommunications devices such as receivers switching equipment and glass or porcelain line insulators Many of the telephone equipment was from the local service area of Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Old and new type cable were removed from Fargo in 1978 and are on display 7 The Telephone Pioneers maintain the telephone equipment which allows calls to be made from one building to another 8 There are various telephony related items in the museum Flooding editA spill of 200 000 US gallons 760 000 L of water flooded Bonanzaville in January 2019 9 10 11 12 Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp References edit Wendy Reuer November 12 2018 Antiques Roadshow coming to Bonanzaville West Fargo Pioneer Retrieved 2019 05 20 West Fargo ND PBS Retrieved 2019 05 20 Tenorio Rich October 15 2017 Frontier Jews find more Green Acres than Goldene Medina in rural Dakota The Times of Israel Retrieved 2019 05 20 Bonanzaville Spanish American War exhibit to feature NDSU student West Fargo Pioneer 2019 05 09 Archived from the original on 2019 05 09 Retrieved 2019 05 20 Spanish American War exhibit at Bonanzaville INFORUM April 18 2019 Retrieved 2019 05 20 Telephone Pioneers Museum Bonanzaville Full Village Tour PocketSights Pioneer Village Bonanzaville USA Reuer Wendy 2019 01 08 It s heartbreaking Vandalism causes flooding at Bonanzaville West Fargo Pioneer Archived from the original on 2019 02 03 Retrieved 2019 05 20 Contractors remove ice caused by vandals at Bonanzaville The Mighty 790 KFGO Retrieved 2019 05 20 Service Wendy Reuer Forum News Vandals flood grounds of historic Bonanzaville Bismarck Tribune Retrieved 2019 05 20 Peguero Joshua Bonanzaville pushes back against sheriff s investigation on alleged vandalism www valleynewslive com Retrieved 2019 05 20 External links edit Bonanzaville USA website Fiber Arts Festival website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bonanzaville USA amp oldid 1221799629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
