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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Williston, First NB, 5567
Fr. 633 $10 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 30    

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This beauty came from the collection of Jay Duda and it's the only Third Charter seen. The quality is lovely and this is the best of the three large notes reported. G.W. Nelson, Cashier penned his name while the blue stamped signature of A. Stern, President is basically faded. Williston is the county seat of Williams County with a population of 14,716 at the 2010 census. This Great Northern Railroad station was founded in 1887 as 'Sidetrack #25' and was named for Daniel Willis James, a board member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The Little Muddy post office moved here July 12, 1887 with Winfield Scott Dunn as Postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1894, became a city in 1904. Williston's economy, while historically agricultural, is increasingly being driven by the oil industry. Williston sits atop the Bakken formation, which by the end of 2012 is predicted to be producing more oil than any other site in the United States. The importance of grains in the local economy has not been forgotten and is reinforced by a sculptural group in Davidson Park called the Wheat Monument, a trio of metal wheat stalks that soar thirty-five feet into the air.

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