In the year 1876 the first white settlers came to the Fosston area, arriving in covered wagons, bringing with them a few cattle, oxen, horses and mules.

Fosston, is located in sections 3 and 4 of Rosebud Township, and was named in honor of Louis Foss, an immigrant from the village Nyttingnes in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

The town was named Fosston when Louis Foss moved his store and opened a post office there.

[11][12] Cordwood Pete, was said to be the younger brother of famed lumberjack Paul Bunyan.

While Paul Bunyan was a giant, Pete was a mere 4 feet 9 inches in height.

According to the tale, Pete's growth was stunted by the fact that he could never get enough flapjacks at the breakfast table because brother Paul ate everything in sight.

According to legend, Paul Bunyan left his home in Bangor, Maine, to make his way in the world, and ended up in the north woods of Minnesota where he excelled as a lumberjack.

Pete spent much time in the local saloons, and his fellow lumberjacks soon learned he was hot tempered and full of spunk, especially after imbibing.

Pete had to give his brother's ax back to him the next day, and he never again achieved such a lumberjacking feat.

[11] After that Pete stuck to cutting cordwood, which he hauled to market with the help of his little donkey named Tamarack.

Authors Richard Dorson and Marshall Fitwick cite Paul Bunyan as an example of "fakelore", or a modern story passed off as an older folktale.

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There is one local newspaper, The 13 Towns, with additional newspapers Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks), The Forum (Fargo, North Dakota), The Pioneer (Bemidji), and Star Tribune (Minneapolis) available via subscription or at newsboxes.