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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Oakes, NB, W6988
Fr. 642 $20 1902DB
Grade: PMG VF 20 Net    

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Here is a pleasing second choice from this bank that now has six large notes reported. Signed by officers T.R. Sherman, President and P. Hans Lee, Cashier. PMG notes: small tear, minor rust. Oakes is located in Dickey County on the southern border of the state; the population was 1,856 at the 2010 census. Platted in 1886, Oakes had its beginnings as an important stagecoach and railroad station, taking its name from Thomas F. Oakes, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The post office was established December 6, 1886 with Floyd Hineman as Postmaster. It incorporated as a city in 1888, and its first mayor was its most famous citizen, Thomas Frank Marshall (1854-1921), later a United States Representative. Oakes became a railroad hub when the Chicago & Northwest Railroad arrived in 1886 and the Soo Line Railroad mainline was built here in 1887. A peak population of 2,110 was reached in 1980.

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