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<blockquote data-quote="muddy11" data-source="post: 97837" data-attributes="member: 880">Throw a life jacket on him and your good to go. People used to swim in the river before it was turned into a dirty dangerous thing by popular myth. &quot;Swimming&nbsp; was&nbsp; popular&nbsp; as&nbsp; well&nbsp; in Fargo-Moorhead&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; 1930s.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dommer’s Boat House was a popular spot for swimming,&nbsp; boating,&nbsp; and&nbsp; “hanging&nbsp; out”by the river. “They are so anxious to bathin&nbsp; the&nbsp; Red&nbsp; River&nbsp; dam&nbsp; they&nbsp; sneak&nbsp; in&nbsp; between&nbsp; racks&nbsp; of&nbsp; canoes&nbsp; and&nbsp; change&nbsp; theirclothing,”&nbsp; Frank&nbsp; Dommer&nbsp; complainedin 1932 (Clay County Historical Society, 2000, p. 76). &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="muddy11, post: 97837, member: 880"] Throw a life jacket on him and your good to go. People used to swim in the river before it was turned into a dirty dangerous thing by popular myth. [SIZE=3] [FONT=arial]"Swimming was popular as well in Fargo-Moorhead in the 1930s. Dommer’s Boat House was a popular spot for [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=sans-serif][SIZE=3][FONT=arial]swimming, boating, and “hanging out”by the river. “They are so anxious to bathin the Red River dam they sneak in between racks of canoes and change theirclothing,” Frank Dommer complainedin 1932 (Clay County Historical Society, 2000, p. 76). "[/FONT][/SIZE] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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