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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Wyndmere, First NB, W7166
Fr. 624 $10 1902PB
Grade: PMG Ch. Fine 15    

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This Plain Back $10 has seen it's share of circulation but I'm sure notes were actually used in North Dakota, not saved for collectors. Excellent pen signatures of John R. Jones, President and C.B. Paulson, Cashier. John R. Jones was born in Winnebago, Wisconsin, on the Aug. 12. 1856. In 1886 he moved to Hankinson, ND, where he was engaged in the lumber and machinery business. He became the largest land owner in Richland county, president of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Hankinson, of the First State Bank of Rutland, the First National Bank of Wyndmere, and of the Security State Bank of Mclntosh, SD, as well as a stockholder in many other banks in North and South Dakota. Wyndmere is located in Richland County and is part of the Wahpeton metro area. The population was 429 at the 2010 census. The community was founded in 1883 and named for Windermere Lake, England, whose name is derived from wynd, or narrow lane, and mere, a pool or lake. The post office was established January 7, 1884 with William F. Hilliard as Postmaster. The Soo Line Railroad crossed the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks near here in 1888, and a place called East Wyndmere began to develop by 1899. The following year most Wyndmere buildings were moved to the new site, which adopted the old name and incorporated as a village in 1902, becoming a city in 1959 with Edwin L. Anderson as mayor. The city, known as the 'Corn Capital of North Dakota', reached a peak population of 644 in 1960.

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