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Bank Info for NB Charter 7720 (1905 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Las Cruces, NM
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1905-1905 C. Fay Sperry Nicholas Galles
1906-1909 C. Fay Sperry Oscar C. Snow
1910-1910 Harry H. Houston Oscar C. Snow
1911-1913 Patterson Fitzgerald Campbell Oscar C. Snow
1914-1917 J. O. Miller Oscar C. Snow
1918-1922 John M. Bowman Oscar C. Snow
1923-1925 R. V. Ware Oscar C. Snow
1926-1927 G. Jones Oscar C. Snow
1928-1930 Howard L. Moore William P. B. McSain
1931-1935 Jacob Joseph Aragon, Jr. A. I. Kelso
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
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 660 Territory
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 700 Territory
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 320
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 321 - 2563
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 459
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 123
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Apr 25, 1905
  • Chartered May 3, 1905
  • Opened for business May 22, 1905
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Notation on Organization Report:
  • Opened May 22, 1905
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1905) $70,569
High Bal (1929) $1,148,467
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1920) $12,200
High Bal (1905) $13,000
Total Out (1934) $13,000
# Large Notes 15,692
# Small Notes 3,492
# Total Notes 19,184
$ Large Size $196,150
$ Small Size $42,300
$ Total Issued $238,450
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Aug-25-1905 $70,569.00 $13,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $116,726.00 $13,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $158,726.00 $13,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $210,619.00 $13,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $171,306.00 $13,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $147,570.00 $13,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $160,890.00 $13,000.00
Sep-04-1912 $154,644.00 $13,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $183,532.00 $13,000.00
Sep-12-1914 $162,027.00 $13,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $199,169.00 $12,400.00
Sep-12-1916 $219,475.00 $13,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $225,080.00 $13,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $236,780.00 $13,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $302,341.00 $13,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $420,154.00 $12,200.00
Sep-06-1921 $496,860.00 $12,700.00
Sep-15-1922 $642,074.00 $12,600.00
Sep-14-1923 $675,325.00 $13,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $720,990.00 $13,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $981,226.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $1,027,384.00 $13,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $779,432.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1928 $1,124,777.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $1,148,467.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $1,094,266.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $520,375.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $454,697.00 $13,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $459,602.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $584,274.00 $13,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $623,887.00 $0.00

 

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