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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Wahpeton, NB, W4106
Fr. 484 $10 1882BB
Grade: PMG Fine 12 Net    

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This bank was chartered in 1889 and they issued 250 sheets of Territorials, but none are reported. After statehood they proceeded to issue more $10-10-10-20 Brown Back sheets. In fact, 4,182 more were issued. There is one each of the $10 and $20 known. This note is graded Fine 12 Net for three tiny rust marks and the ink fading on the back. The note faces up beautifully with pen signatures of Joseph Patterson, Vice President and Walter L. Carter, Cashier. Only 10 large notes are reported on this bank. We sold this note at auction 30 years ago (1982). PMG notes: rust, discoloration. Joseph Patterson, one of Richland County's earliest residents, was born in 1859. He retired in 1926 as president of the Wahpeton National Bank. He had also been a stockholder in the Hankinson National Bank for many years. Wahpeton is on the Red River of the North, near the Minnesota border. It is the county seat of Richland County and had a population of 7,766 at the 2010 census. Wahpeton was founded in 1869; the first settler was Morgan T. Rich. When other settlers arrived, they formed a tiny community and named it Richville, commemorating both its founder and the fertile quality of the soil. In 1871, a post office was opened. At the same time, the town's name was changed to Chahinkapa, an Indian name meaning "the end of the woods." Two years later, the county was organized and called Chahinkapa County. Later that year the county was renamed Richland County and the town of Chahinkapa renamed Wahpeton, an adaptation of the Dakota name of the local population of Dakota Indians, the Wakhpetonwan. Positioned next to the Red River in the city of Wahpeton is "Wahpper", the World's Largest Catfish. Measuring in at 40 feet in length, 12 feet tall, and 5,000 pounds, "Wahpper" was constructed to call attention to the excellent fishing in the Red River. Some even call Wahpeton "The Catfish Capital of the North". The local Bois de Sioux Golf Course is the only golf course in the United States with half the course is in one state and half in another.

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