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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Bottineau, First NB, W6085
Fr. 660 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG Fine 12    

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This is the only reported Third Charter survivor from the 492 sheets printed. This note has purple stamped signatures of W.H. McIntosh, President and Jno T. Neville, Cashier that are a bit tough to read. Bottineau is the county seat of Bottineau County and is located ten miles south of the Canadian border. The city's population was 2,211 at the 2010 census. Bottineau was founded in 1883 as Oak Creek as a customs station and an overnight stagecoach stop. The town name was changed to Bottineau in 1884 in honor of Pierre Bottineau, a M tis pioneer, hunter, and trapper who became a successful land speculator. The town was originally located about 1.5 miles north of its current location. The entire town was moved south in 1887 to where the Great Northern Railway was installing new tracks. It incorporated as a village in 1888 and became a city in 1904. It is the site of the State School of Forestry, now affiliated with NDSU in Fargo. Bottineau is home to the Bottineau County Fair, which is North Dakota's oldest county fair. The city is also home to "Tommy Turtle", the world's largest turtle, which has become a landmark for the city. Built in 1978 and standing 30 feet tall, the fiberglass turtle is located in the eastern half of the city and was built as a symbol for the nearby Turtle Mountains.

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