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Bank Info for NB Charter 2179 (1874 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Colorado Springs, CO
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1875-1876 James Knox Geo. H. Stewart
1877-1877 James Knox Charles Backus Greenough
1878-1879 Irving Howbert Charles Backus Greenough
1880-1881 J. F. Humphrey Irving Howbert
1882-1885 Matthew Kennedy Irving Howbert
1886-1888 Joel Addison Hayes, Jr. Irving Howbert
1889-1895 Joel Addison Hayes, Jr. James John Hagerman
1896-1909 A. Sutton Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
1910-1916 Alfred Herbert Hunt Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
1917-1917 William Irving Howbert Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
1918-1918 Wilmer Dupont Hemming Joel Addison Hayes, Jr.
1919-1922 William Irving Howbert Irving Howbert
1923-1929 William Irving Howbert Alfred Herbert Hunt
1930-1930 Orrin Levi Godfrey E. P. Shove
1931-1933 Orrin Levi Godfrey William Irving Howbert
1934-1935 O. W. White William Irving Howbert
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 4x5 1 - 1350 Territory
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 4975 Territory
Series 1875 4x5 4976 - 6428
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 5600
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 9400
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 7990
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 7600
1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 2500
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2000
1902 Plain Back 4x5 2501 - 33600
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 2001 - 22528
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 7620
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 3990
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 1006
1929 Type 2 5 1 - 12206
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 5916
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 1536
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jun 24, 1874
  • Chartered Sep 8, 1874
  • Assumed 5283 by consolidation Jan 9, 1917 (El Paso National Bank, Colorado Springs, CO)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1875) $146,428
High Bal (1935) $10,324,918
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1897) $16,180
High Bal (1908) $200,000
Total Out (1934) $199,998
# Large Notes 377,984
# Small Notes 95,354
# Total Notes 473,338
$ Large Size $3,075,760
$ Small Size $739,630
$ Total Issued $3,815,390
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-01-1875 $146,428.31 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $162,245.06 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $181,079.35 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $163,458.90 $27,000.00
Oct-02-1879 $245,877.87 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $390,014.01 $27,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $447,018.81 $27,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $405,261.68 $26,500.00
Oct-02-1883 $361,286.31 $24,700.00
Sep-30-1884 $279,693.94 $16,800.00
Oct-01-1885 $317,451.67 $16,600.00
Oct-07-1886 $607,843.34 $18,000.00
Oct-05-1887 $713,866.65 $17,500.00
Oct-04-1888 $651,829.08 $21,940.00
Sep-30-1889 $780,407.06 $20,120.00
Oct-02-1890 $925,171.32 $21,060.00
Sep-25-1891 $1,096,980.05 $19,420.00
Sep-30-1892 $1,235,200.35 $20,740.00
Oct-03-1893 $1,030,920.91 $21,400.00
Oct-02-1894 $926,788.67 $22,500.00
Sep-28-1895 $1,618,982.63 $21,960.00
Oct-06-1896 $1,945,468.00 $19,680.00
Oct-05-1897 $2,284,775.99 $16,180.00
Sep-20-1898 $2,515,552.99 $20,680.00
Sep-07-1899 $3,617,816.95 $89,500.00
Sep-05-1900 $4,414,287.06 $99,200.00
Sep-30-1901 $4,107,478.16 $94,850.00
Sep-15-1902 $3,498,471.07 $100,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $3,763,411.82 $98,150.00
Sep-06-1904 $3,213,500.54 $97,250.00
Aug-25-1905 $3,940,452.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $3,770,406.00 $98,400.00
Aug-22-1907 $3,426,436.00 $96,300.00
Sep-23-1908 $3,520,845.00 $200,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $3,635,408.00 $198,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $3,242,425.00 $200,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $3,271,204.00 $200,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $3,345,861.00 $194,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $3,424,131.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $3,755,430.00 $194,800.00
Sep-02-1915 $3,815,202.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $4,620,597.00 $196,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $6,379,581.00 $200,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $5,941,994.00 $195,400.00
Sep-12-1919 $7,590,495.00 $200,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $7,470,480.00 $195,998.00
Sep-06-1921 $6,476,351.00 $194,698.00
Sep-15-1922 $6,351,667.00 $199,997.00
Sep-14-1923 $6,884,806.00 $199,997.00
Oct-10-1924 $6,601,200.00 $197,598.00
Sep-28-1925 $7,116,106.00 $192,497.00
Dec-31-1926 $7,051,893.00 $196,997.00
Oct-10-1927 $6,755,388.00 $194,597.00
Dec-31-1928 $7,617,889.00 $199,998.00
Dec-31-1929 $7,413,082.00 $199,997.00
Dec-31-1930 $7,087,222.00 $199,998.00
Dec-31-1931 $7,198,317.00 $196,518.00
Dec-31-1932 $6,866,295.00 $199,997.00
Dec-30-1933 $7,121,349.00 $199,998.00
Dec-31-1934 $7,925,815.00 $199,998.00
Dec-31-1935 $10,324,918.00 $0.00

 

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