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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Ellendale, Farmers NB, 9521
Fr. 652 $20 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 30    

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This was the second national bank chartered (August 1909) in town and they printed 4,309 sheets of notes before liquidating on May 15, 1928. This beautiful note is new to the census (now seven) and is the first $20 reported. It's a very high grade example. Pen signed by James Pollock, President but the cashier's signature is too weak to decipher. Ellendale, on the border of North and South Dakota, is the county seat of Dickey County. The population was 1,394 at the 2010 census; a peak population of 1,967 was reported in 1980. Ellendale was founded in 1882 and was named for Mary Ellen Dale, wife of railroad official S.S. Merrill. The Great Northern Railroad established a terminus here in 1887 before building on to Forbes in 1905. This was the first permanent white settlement in the county, and it became the county seat in 1882. The post office was established May 22, 1882 with William E. Finch as Postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1883, and became a city in 1889 with Thomas Sefton as mayor. Ellendale is the home of Trinity Bible College, located on the former campus of the North Dakota State Normal and Industrial School. Nearby Whitestone Hill Battlefield is the site of the battle between the Yanktonai and Hunkpapa Sioux Indians and the U.S. Calvary under the command of General Alfred Sully on September 5, 1863. Whitestone Monument is a tribute to both soldiers and the Sioux.

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