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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Belfield, First NB, 9539 #1
Fr. 1801-1 $10 1929T1
Grade: PMG Ch. AU 58 EPQ    

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This Stark County bank was a prolific issuer of small size National Bank Notes with nearly 1,534 printed. This is the sole surviving example of a note from the serial #1 sheet and it's a beauty, graded Ch. Abt. UNC 58 EPQ. The signing officers were R.C. Davis, President and J.O. Milsten, Cashier. Belfield, located in Stark County along the Heart River, is part of the Dickinson metro area. The population was 800 at the 2010 census. Belfield was founded in 1883 just northwest of the old military post known as Camp Houston. It was incorporated as a community in 1915 and named for Belle Field, daughter of a Northern Pacific Railroad official. Others say it was coined from belle, French for beautiful, and field, noting the agricultural economy of the area, while still others claim it was named to note bluebells growing in the surrounding fields. The post office was established September 16, 1883 with Hugh McBirney as Postmaster. The city had a population of just 50 in 1890, but grew rapidly after Ukrainian settlement began in 1897, reaching a count of 1,268 in 1980. Herbert L. Meschke, a North Dakota Supreme Court Associate Justice, was born here in 1928.

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