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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Wahpeton, NB, W4106
Fr. 652 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 30    

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This is a lovely $20 Plain Back from this early Wahpeton bank. A high grade and very pleasing note with pen signatures of Joseph Patterson, President and Peter Aloysius Peschel, Cashier. This note is new to the census which now stands at 11 large notes reported. Purchased from Jay Duda, Minnesota. Wahpeton is on the Red River of the North, near the Minnesota border. It is the county seat of Richland County and had a population of 7,766 at the 2010 census. Wahpeton was founded in 1869; the first settler was Morgan T. Rich. When other settlers arrived, they formed a tiny community and named it Richville, commemorating both its founder and the fertile quality of the soil. In 1871, a post office was opened. At the same time, the town's name was changed to Chahinkapa, an Indian name meaning "the end of the woods." Two years later, the county was organized and called Chahinkapa County. Later that year the county was renamed Richland County and the town of Chahinkapa renamed Wahpeton, an adaptation of the Dakota name of the local population of Dakota Indians, the Wakhpetonwan. Positioned next to the Red River in the city of Wahpeton is "Wahpper", the World's Largest Catfish. Measuring in at 40 feet in length, 12 feet tall, and 5,000 pounds, "Wahpper" was constructed to call attention to the excellent fishing in the Red River. Some even call Wahpeton "The Catfish Capital of the North". The local Bois de Sioux Golf Course is the only golf course in the United States with half the course is in one state and half in another.

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