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National Bank Notes > Minnesota

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Alexandria, Farmers NB, M5859
Fr. 537 $5 1882DB
Grade: Ch. CU    

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ALEXANDRIA is the county seat of Douglas County. Settled in 1858, it was named in honor of Alexander Kinkead, one of its first settlers. The village of Alexandria was incorporated February 20, 1877. It was surveyed in 1866 and purchased in 1868 by W. E. Hicks, who established a mill, a hotel, a store, and the first newspaper; he also served as first postmaster when the office was established in 1858. The first passenger train on the railroad reached this place November 5, 1878. The village was known as a summer resort during the 1870s.

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