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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Williston, First NB, W5567
Fr. 577 $10 1882VB
Grade: PMG VF 20    

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There are not many $10 Value Backs known from the state, even though 20 banks issued 47,000 notes. This is one of two large size $10s reported and there is one $20; we have all three known large size notes in this sale. The denomination is spelled out on the back of this note. Excellent pen signatures in blue and black of J.H. Shaw, President and O.W. Bell, Cashier. Williston is the county seat of Williams County with a population of 14,716 at the 2010 census. This Great Northern Railroad station was founded in 1887 as 'Sidetrack #25' and was named for Daniel Willis James, a board member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The Little Muddy post office moved here July 12, 1887 with Winfield Scott Dunn as Postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1894, became a city in 1904. Williston's economy, while historically agricultural, is increasingly being driven by the oil industry. Williston sits atop the Bakken formation, which by the end of 2012 is predicted to be producing more oil than any other site in the United States. The importance of grains in the local economy has not been forgotten and is reinforced by a sculptural group in Davidson Park called the Wheat Monument, a trio of metal wheat stalks that soar thirty-five feet into the air.

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