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National Bank Notes > Minnesota

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Elbow Lake, First NB, 4617
Fr. 627 $10 1902ND
Grade: VF/XF    

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ELBOW LAKE is the county seat of Grant County. The community received its name from the adjacent lake, shaped like an arm bent at the elbow. Elbow Lake village was chosen in 1874 to be the county seat. It was platted October 28, 1886, and was organized September 2, 1887. The first commercial building was erected in 1884, a boardinghouse and saloon called the Elbow Lake House. The village had a station serving several railroad lines; the first post office began operation in 1873, with Henry F. Sanford postmaster. A second post office began in 1883.

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