William Deering and Company

Deering Manufacturing Company building (Argus Fire Anniversary Edition, June 7, 1894, p. 12)

According to the Argus Fire Anniversary Edition the William Deering Company came to Fargo in 1878, however it was not mentioned in a Fargo city directory until 1884. The company was located at 502 N.P. Avenue. The building was destroyed by the Fargo fire of 1893, and a new brick building was constructed on the same site.

In 1902, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Deering Harvester Company merged to form the International Harvester Company.