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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Litchville, First NB, 8298
Fr. 625 $10 1902PB
Grade: PMG EF 40    

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A gorgeous 'new to the census' note from this town's only national bank. This bank was organized on June 9, 1906 and went into receivership on June 30, 1930. They printed 5,007 sheets of large size notes and there are 15 reported. This example is truly a peach and must be as beautiful as any known. The color is amazing and the pen signatures of Alfred P. Hanson, President and Telvin John Kinneberg, Cashier are excellent. Alfred P. Hanson was born in Sweden, October 22, 1875. He came with his parents to the United States in 1876, locating near Benson, Minn., in which city he secured his education. He graduated from the Minnesota University in 1900. In 1903 he came to North Dakota as cashier of the First National Bank of Litchville. He was elected representative in 1910 and re-elected in 1912. Litchville, in Barnes County, was founded in 1900 by the Northern Pacific Railroad. The population was 172 at the 2010 census. Hans Jacob Hanson, as Postmaster at the rural post office of Litchville, six miles south-southeast in LaMoure County, moved his business to the new townsite in October 1900 and managed to persuade railroad officials to retain the old name. Because he did not notify postal officials of the move, government records show the transfer as occurring on September 5, 1901. Mr. Hanson served as Postmaster at the new townsite until 1910. The village incorporated in 1903, and reached a peak population of 528 in 1920. Fred George Aandahl, 23rd Governor of North Dakota, was born here in 1897.

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