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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Plaza, First NB, 9689
Fr. 1801-1 $10 1929T1
Grade: PMG Ch. Fine 15    

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This note is one of five small notes reported from the 350 small size sheets printed. An evenly circulated example from this one-bank town. The officer signatures are August Peterson, President and E.O. Lerberg, Cashier. August Peterson was a large bank owner in North Dakota. Plaza, in Mountrail County, was officially founded July 20, 1906 as the terminus of a Soo Line branch line from Max. The population was 171 at the 2010 census with a peak population of 408 reached in 1930. Plaza and was named to note the central plaza within the business district. The post office was established September 8, 1906 with Vern L. Shaw as Postmaster. The village incorporated in 1910, and it became a city in 1951 with Roy Sandstrom mayor. The Soo Line Railroad extended its line to Sanish in 1914, starting at Prairie Junction southeast of town, creating the appearance that Plaza was located on a spur of the railroad. One of the town's well-known residents is Walter J. Maddock, who served as Governor of North Dakota from 1928 to 1929.

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