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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Linton, First NB, W9590
Fr. 626 $10 1902PB
Grade: PMG Fine 12    

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This small bank was chartered in November 1909 and it only issued 1,162 large size sheets plus some small size. Previously the census showed a $20 1902, with this new addition being a $10. It's quite nice for the grade and has blue-green signatures that I believe are penned. Signed by M.T. Barger, President and John D. Meier, Cashier. Linton is the county seat of Emmons County. The population was 1,097 at the 2010 census and a peak population of 1,826 was reached in 1960. It was a double railroad terminus, with the Northern Pacific Railroad coming from the north, and the Milwaukee Road Railroad from the south. The site was named Linton, after George W. Lynn, who had settled in Emmons County in 1885. He was a farmer, lawyer, Emmons County's first States Attorney and for a while was the publisher of the Emmons County Free Press. The plat was filed with the register of deeds on December 30, 1898. The post office was established February 21, 1899 with Charles A. Patterson as Postmaster. Linton was incorporated as a village on April 26, 1906; and incorporated as a city on April 6, 1914. The creation of Linton was the result of a political dispute between residents in the northern half of Emmons County and those in the southern half. In 1885, two years after the county was officially organized, the county seat was in the town of Williamsport, which was located in the northern half of the county. The people in the southern half were upset because the county seat was so far away and most of the county leaders were from the north. This led to the decision to move the county seat to the center of the county and create a new town, which would eventually become the city of Linton.

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