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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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New Rockford, First NB, 6393
Fr. 1802-1 $20 1929T1
Grade: PMG Ch. VF 35    

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This bank was chartered in August 1902 and there are just six large notes reported. This high quality note is new to the census which now stands at 12 small notes reported on the bank. Printed officer signatures of L. Mortensen, President and Lynn William Schwoebel, Cashier. New Rockford is the county seat of Eddy County. The population was 1,391 at the 2010 census. Settlement began in 1882; the pioneer towns known as Dunn's Creek, Dunn, and Garrison all became part of the Northern Pacific Railroad townsite of New Rockford, which was officially founded in 1883. The name was chosen by Charles E. Gregory for his former home of Rockford, Illinois although some claim the name notes the natural rock ford over the James River at this site. The post office was established September 13, 1883 with Francis A. Sebring as Postmaster. It became the county seat in 1885, and unsuccessfully challenged Bismarck for the state capital in 1915. It incorporated as a city in 1912 with George M. Pike as mayor, and reached a peak population of 2,195 in 1930. The Great Northern Railroad's Surrey cutoff line was built through New Rockford in 1912. New Rockford has been called "The Midway City" and "Turkey Capital of North Dakota". Notable residents from include James Buchli, U.S. Marine and former NASA astronaut and Ole H. Olson, 18th Governor of North Dakota. The New Rockford Bridge was built in 1904 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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