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National Bank Notes > Minnesota

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Minneota, Farmers and Merchants NB, 6917
Fr. 1802-1 $20 1929T1
Grade: XF/AU    

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MINNEOTA is a city in Lyon County, on the Yellow Medicine River. Incorporated on January 21, 1881, it was first known locally as Pumpa, so designated by early Norwegian settlers because of the railroad water pump, and then called Upper Yellow Medicine Crossing for its location. It was platted as Nordland by the Winona and St. Peter Railroad in August 1876; when the post office was established in 1878, it was given the name Nordland. When the railroad built its depot on the right side of the tracks and other buildings went up nearby, the post office moved and the name changed to Minneota, a Dakota name, meaning "much water."

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