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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Harvey, First NB, W5488
Fr. 659 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG Ch. VF 35    

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It's very rare to have three large size notes that are such high quality from one location like this. It's clear that someone held these dear to them, whether the bank or a friend of theirs. Lovely quality with extraordinary pen signatures of August Peterson, President and J.J. Reimers, Cashier as well as the bottom sheet selvage. PMG notes: ink burn. Harvey is located in northwestern Wells County at the headwaters of the Sheyenne River. The population was 1,783 at the 2010 census. Harvey was founded in 1892 as a Soo line freight division point; a dam was built there by the railroad in 1892 to assure a water supply. The town was platted in 1893 and the post office established Oct. 2, 1893 with Miss Sara L. Beaubier appointed as Postmaster; Harvey replaced the nearby rural post office of Whitby. One tradition says the community was named for Col. James S. Harvey, a stockholder of the Soo Line Railway. Some sources say it was named for Harvey, Illinois. The first store was opened in a large tent in April, 1893 and the first newspaper, the Harvey Advertiser, was founded July 27, 1893. The village incorporated in 1903, and became a city in 1906 with Aloys Wartner mayor.

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