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Thief River Falls Visitors Guide

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Weekly Cribbage
Daily (until 30 January 2025)
Dec. 12th, 2024
Live Music By Saphire
Dec. 13th, 2024 at 6pm to 7pm
Christmas Concert with Aaron Espe
Dec. 14th, 2024 at 7pm
Skate with Santa!
Dec. 15th, 2024 at 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Welcome to Thief River Falls!

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Are you planning to visit Thief River Falls? Contact Visit Thief River Falls for a FREE Visitors Guide or other visitor information at 218-686-9785 or info@visittrf.com.

For personal relocation information, contact the Thief River Falls Chamber of Commerce at 218-681-3720 or log on to their website at www.trfchamber.com.

For business relocation information, contact Advance Thief River at 218-280-1755 or log on to their website at www.advancethiefriver.com.








The History of Thief River Falls

By Gretchen Beito

Thief River Falls first developed as a lumber milling town. It also became a major agricultural service area because of the rich soil left by ancient, glacial Lake Agassiz. The unusual name, “Thief River,” was given to the river by the Ojibwe and Dakota people. “Falls” was added to the name of the new city in 1896 because a series of rapids in the river had been converted to a waterfall by the construction of the dam. Until 1904, an Ojibwe village of 40 families was located where the Thief and Red Lake Rivers meet. The Great Northern and the Soo Line Railroads brought prosperity when Thief River Falls became a center for shipping wheat. Today, the city continues its entrepreneurial spirit, preserving and respecting the past, yet growing and moving toward the future, especially in the manufacturing and distribution industries, both nationally and internationally.

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