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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Mott, First NB, 9489
Fr. 1801-1 $10 1929T1 #A000001A-F000001A Uncut Sheet
Grade: PMG Ch. UNC 63    

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I can only imagine how exciting it must have been the day R.E. Trousdale got together with Glen to sell him this #1 sheet. There are no annotations that it was ever part of Col. Green's holdings and it doesn't appear so. All #1 notes, 'A' through 'F'; there is a fold between the 'C' and 'D' notes. There are 29 small notes reported on this bank. Signing officers on this uncut sheet were Robert Edwin Trousdale, President and Elmer Herron Trousdale, Cashier. Robert E. Trousdale was born at Grundy Center, Iowa, March 9, 1879 and graduated from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. For a time before coming to North Dakota, he lived at Cedar Rapids, Ia. While at Cedar Rapids he was also engaged in the financial business and on coming to Mott in 1906 he organized the First National Bank of that town. He was president of the bank from its first organization. Mott is the county seat of Hettinger County in southwestern North Dakota and is situated on the Cannonball River. The population was 721 at the 2010 census. Mott was founded by William H. Brown, a land developer, who in 1904 platted the town site of Mott and constructed the Brown Hotel. Mr. Brown also developed town sites at nearby Odessa, Haynes and Flasher as well as several towns in Montana. It s possible that the town was named for Mr. Brown's secretary, Lillian Mott, although many sources claim it was named for C.W. Mott, an Immigration Agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad. The post office was established September 17, 1904 with Maurice W. Wilcox as Postmaster, replacing the Chase post office. When Hettinger County was organized in 1907, Mott was designated as the county seat. It incorporated as a village in 1910 and became a city in 1928.

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