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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Carson, First NB, 13454
Fr. 1801-1 $10 1929T1
Grade: PMG VF 25    

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This was the only national bank established in this Grant County community. The bank was chartered on April 15, 1930 and was liquidated on February 25, 1935. They printed $5s, $10s and $20s, both Type 1s and Type 2s, with 1,004 sheets of Type 1s and 881 Type 2 notes (not sheets). This is an evenly circulated example with officer signatures of W.A. Hart, President and O. Tallefson, Cashier. There are 21 small notes reported on the bank. Carson is the county seat of Grant County; the population was 293 at the 2010 census. This rural post office opened August 11, 1902 with David Pederson as Postmaster. John Erickson suggested the name Zelma, for the daughter of a local rancher, but the selected name was coined from the names of local settlers Frank CARter, and Simon and David PederSON. In 1906 it moved one mile east and a small settlement began to develop. The following year a rival townsite, North Carson, started two miles to the north. When the Northern Pacific Railroad built between the two in 1910, they merged as Carson. Carson became the county seat when Grant County organized in 1916. The courthouse burned in 1978, and was replaced in 1980. A peak population of 501 was reached in 1960. The Carson Roller Mill is a manufacturing facility in Carson, North Dakota that was built in 1913 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Carson is home to the Grant County Fair.

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