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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Kenmare, NB, W6555
Fr. 650 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG VG 10 Net    

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This was the second national bank to be chartered in this Ward County community. It was organized on December 12, 1902 and issued 3,918 sheets of large size notes. This example is new to the census and is only the second large note recorded. There is some staining on the right side and only part of the cashier's signature (E.H. Swanson) is visible. PMG notes: stains. Kenmare is located in Ward County in the Minot metro area. The population was 1,096 at the 2010 census with a peak of 1,712 in 1950. The first known settler in the vicinity was a Mr. Cartwright, who opened the first mine in the community in 1880. In 1891, Augustines Rouses began prospecting for coal in the area. As one of the first settlers, he served as postmaster for the town (then known as Lignite for the coal mines) until this death in a gunfight in 1896. The town then went nameless, until Kenmare was established in 1897. The community was named by the wife of a Soo Line Railroad official for Kenmare, Ireland (meaning "forever more"). The Kenmare post office was established April 30, 1897 with John H. Clapper as Postmaster. The village was platted in May 1899, and incorporated in December 1901.

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