“ It is served by the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railways, and has a considerable river traffic, the Red river (when dredged) having a channel 60 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep at low water below Grand Forks. At University, a small suburb, is the University of North Dakota (co-educational; opened 1884) . Affiliated with it is Wesley College (Methodist Episcopal) , now at Grand Forks (with a campus adjoining that of the University) , but formerly the Red River Valley University at Wahpeton, North Dakota. In 1907–1908 the University had 57 instructors and 861 students ”