Editing Valley City, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Valley City was established in 1874 with the building of a railroad station. The town was originally named Worthington after the town's promoter, George Worthington.<ref>{{cite book|title=North Dakota: Counties, Towns and People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvdyIdSG1UMC&pg=PA14|year=2008|publisher=Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd|isbn=978-1-60386-115-1|page=14}}</ref> The present name is for the city's location in the valley of the [[Sheyenne River]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCGVnMUdNqMC&pg=PA280|year=1938|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-62376-033-5|page=280}}</ref> A post office was established under the name Worthington in 1874, and has continued to operate under the name Valley City since 1878.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=Barnes&searchtext=&pagenum=2|title=Barnes County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref>
A [[Carnegie Library]] opened in 1903<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vcbclibrary.org/about-us|title=About us|website=www.vcbclibrary.org|language=en-US|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> through the efforts of the "Tuesday Club," a local women's organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnescountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/tuesday-club-credited-for-start-of-library-in-valley-city/|title=Tuesday Club Credited for Start of Library in Valley City|date=May 11, 2011|website=barnescountyhistoricalsociety|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> The inception of the nation's first barber association occurred in Valley City during a state barber convention in February, 1909.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Almanac of North Dakota mysteries & oddities, 2009-2010|last=Jackson|first=William|date=2008|publisher=Valley Star Books|isbn=9780967734989|pages=16|oclc=259419005}}</ref>