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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Drake, First NB, 12393
Fr. 1800-2 $5 1929T2
Grade: PMG VF 20    

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New to the census is this evenly circulated $5 Type 2 that is from the 5,376 notes printed. Drake, McHenry County, is in the Minot metro area; the population was 275 at the 2010 census. The community was founded in 1899 at the junction of the Devils Lake-Max and Valley City-Minot lines of the Soo Line Railroad. The community was named for Herman Drake, the original homesteader of the townsite. The post office was established September 15, 1902 with Henry R. W. Bentley as Postmaster. The village incorporated in 1906, and became a city in 1916; it reached a peak population of 831 in 1950. In 1973, the Drake school board ordered books considered obscene including Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Deliverance by James Dickey assigned to be confiscated and burned in 1973. The resulting national controversy surrounding burning resulted in an out of court settlement including permission for it to be taught to the high school juniors and seniors.

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