Marshall Oil Company of Marshall Town, Iowa commences construction of a 90×50-foot brick building on Third Street near Front Avenue in August. Sinclair Refining Company later acquired Marshall’s interests in the city, who continued operating out of the building. The building later houses Fargo Paper Company (known today as Cole Papers). It has housed Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse since 1994.
A $40,000 sewer project is announced, along with initial plans to pave the city’s streets. It won’t be until 1916 before streets are actually paved.
Hinckley Building completed at 219 4th Street. It housed Holmboe Photo Studio and Grand Theater (later Rex Theater, Rialto Theater) initially. The building was destroyed by fire on December 25, 1948.
After years of discussion, Bismarck finally commits to paving its streets. Citizens long-lobbied for paving the streets and the $500,000 project resulted when the city’s biggest landholders signed petitions agreeing to special assessments to fund it.
Jack Lyons opens iconic hamburger stand. It closes sometime between 1965-1967.
December: Mandan’s Palace Theatre opens featuring the film The Pawn of Fate. It was located at 106 Third Avenue NW. It closed in or about 1974 and was demolished in 1978.
Bank of North Dakota is established in June. It occupies the former Missouri Valley Motors building at Main and 7th until 2008. It is the nation’s only state-owned bank.
President Woodrow Wilson makes a Bismarck stop on October 10, speaking at the City Auditorium. He was campaigning for his vision of a League of Nations.
Bismarck Tribune relocates from the northwest corner of 4th and Broadway to the Gussner Building in December, where it stays an entire month before destroyed by fire.
