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Bank Info for NB Charter 2030 (1872 - 2000)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Fergus Falls, MN
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1872-1882 James Compton Henry G. Page, (Sr.)
1883-1911 Eugene Albert Jewett Charles Dyer Wright
1912-1930 Eugene Albert Jewett Elmer Ellsworth Adams
1931-1935 Robert "Robb" E. Lincoln Elmer Ellsworth Adams
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 3x1-2 1 - 1240
Original Series 4x5 1 - 1875
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 4737
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 5800
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2390
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3000
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 3001 - 13483
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 1812
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 600
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 2459
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 512
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jul 26, 1872
  • Chartered Aug 20, 1872
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Community First NB in Fargo, ND Aug 29, 2000
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1872) $42,231
High Bal (1928) $2,650,157
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1885) $22,500
High Bal (1905) $100,000
Total Out (1934) $100,000
# Large Notes 118,100
# Small Notes 17,443
# Total Notes 135,543
$ Large Size $1,222,090
$ Small Size $215,550
$ Total Issued $1,437,640
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-03-1872 $42,231.43 $0.00
Sep-12-1873 $90,229.91 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1874 $100,456.40 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1875 $120,898.28 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $118,591.15 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $110,602.43 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $123,008.83 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $140,991.11 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $155,585.46 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $276,951.84 $27,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $353,054.77 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $287,250.21 $27,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $218,326.93 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $234,228.06 $22,500.00
Oct-07-1886 $254,462.33 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1887 $287,661.86 $22,500.00
Oct-04-1888 $270,409.14 $22,500.00
Sep-30-1889 $308,992.48 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1890 $311,963.10 $22,500.00
Sep-25-1891 $334,993.13 $22,500.00
Sep-30-1892 $404,979.44 $22,500.00
Oct-03-1893 $324,281.30 $22,500.00
Oct-02-1894 $270,166.18 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $318,266.24 $22,500.00
Oct-06-1896 $371,016.19 $22,500.00
Oct-05-1897 $414,351.89 $22,500.00
Sep-20-1898 $449,001.61 $22,500.00
Sep-07-1899 $468,626.35 $22,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $503,529.14 $25,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $556,932.43 $38,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $709,827.72 $38,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $706,797.30 $38,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $708,618.21 $50,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $751,114.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $761,551.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $817,756.00 $100,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $804,737.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $833,739.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $932,030.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $931,448.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $970,995.00 $100,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $1,154,253.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $1,116,762.00 $100,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $1,085,584.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $1,100,685.00 $100,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $1,169,659.00 $100,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $1,145,152.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,375,495.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $1,443,841.00 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $1,306,040.00 $99,200.00
Sep-15-1922 $1,451,506.00 $98,900.00
Sep-14-1923 $1,503,653.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $1,640,205.00 $97,700.00
Sep-28-1925 $1,861,534.00 $98,600.00
Dec-31-1926 $2,401,964.00 $99,400.00
Oct-10-1927 $2,555,623.00 $99,100.00
Dec-31-1928 $2,650,157.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $2,553,988.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $2,640,966.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $2,614,697.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $2,495,002.00 $100,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $2,397,819.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $2,350,289.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $2,257,196.00 $0.00

 

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