#1 Carpio, ND Red Seal

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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Carpio, First NB, W7315 #1
Fr. 613 $10 1902RS
Grade: PMG VF 25 Net    

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The First National Bank of Carpio, located in Ward County, was chartered in June 1904. This is the top note from the first sheet 'A' position. While it does have three hard folds visible from the back, the signatures and color are great. Only 300 sheets of Red Seals were issued yet there were 5,030 sheets of Blue Seals, with only two surviving notes recorded. The centering is excellent, as are the pen signatures of Louis Martin Due, President and Edmond Christensen, Cashier. This old friend first appeared in the Ella Overby hoard. PMG notes: minor rust. Carpio is a city in Ward County, in the Minot metro area. The population was 157 at the 2010 census. This Soo Line Railroad station was founded in 1896. The post office was established July 7, 1898 with Austen E. Kjontvedt as Postmaster. The village, which incorporated in 1906, reached a peak population of 344 in 1930. Many theories exist concerning the origin of the name, the most well known being the folklore version about the first post office being housed in a box car, quite literally a "Car P.O. Some say Mrs. Pennington, the wife of a Soo Line official, named it for a Spanish novel of this name, which means tents. Others say it was named for Carpio de Vega, the Spanish poet and playwright who penned thousands of plays during his lifetime and earned a literary status second only to Cervantes in the history of Spain. Still others say it was named for Bernardo del Carpio, the legendary Spanish hero who supposedly killed the famous French paladin Roland, a feat that ranks him just below El Cid in the annals of blood and war in Spain. No matter the origin, there are no other towns named Carpio in the United States.

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