#1 $10 Brown Back FNB of Harvey

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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Harvey, First NB, 5488 #1
Fr. 490 $10 1882BB
Grade: PMG Ch. VF 35    

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A gorgeous note from what became an obvious leader in the field of North Dakota banking as it was the town's only national bank and it has been doing business successfully, now in its 112th year. This is the 'B' position note from the first sheet printed for this Griggs County bank, way back in 1900. There were 1,160 sheets of $10-10-10-20 Brown Backs issued from this location, and 5,655 sheets issued of four different large size types from this bank. This is the only #1 note listed in the census but maybe the bankers there have something to share with us? There are only 17 large size #1 notes known from North Dakota. This is one of two $10 Brown Backs and there is one $10 Brown Back Territorial. This note has several folds but it definitely falls into my 'peach' category of everything you could want. Penned signatures of John H. Ehlers, Vice President and August Peterson, Cashier. Ex: Donlon and purchased from Dale Brick. 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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