First National Bank, Wabasha, MN (Charter 3100)

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First National Bank, Wabasha, MN (Chartered 1883 - Liquidated 1941)

Town History

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Wabasha is the county seat of Wabasha County in southeastern Minnesota. Wabasha was platted in 1854.

Wabasha is named after the Mdewakanton Dakota mixed-blood (with Anishinaabe) chiefs Wapi-sha, or red leaf (wáȟpe šá - leaf red), father (1718–1806), son (1768–1855), and grandson (±1816-1876) of the same name. The second, Wabishaw the son, signed the 1830 USA treaty with the "Confederated Tribes of the Sacs and Foxes; the Medawah-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wahpeton and Sissetong Bands or Tribes of Sioux; the Omahas, Ioways, Ottoes and Missourias" in Prairie du Chien. The grandson, Wabasha III (±1816-1876), signed the 1851 and 1858 treaties that ceded the southern half of what is now the state of Minnesota to the United States, beginning the removal of his band to the Minnesota River, then removal from Minnesota to Crow Creek Reservation in Dakota Territory, then lastly to the Santee Reservation in Nebraska, where the last chief Wabasha died.

During the National Bank Note Era Wabasha had a population of 1,739 in 1870, 2,212 in 1930, and as of 2010 the population sits at 2,521.

First National Bank was the only National Bank in Wabasha, and it did issue bank notes.

Bank History

  • Organized Dec 13, 1883
  • Chartered Dec 29, 1883
  • Succeeded Bank of Wabasha
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • Liquidated May 3, 1941
  • Succeeded by First State Bank of Wabasha

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Wabasha, MN

Bank Note Types Issued

1882 Brown Back $20 bank note with pen signatures of C.H. Johnson, Asst Cashier and C.C. Hirschy, President
1929 Type 2 $20 bank note with printed signatures of L. Whitmore, Cashier and C.C. Hirschy, President

A total of $699,930 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1883 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 64,053 notes (55,476 large size and 8,577 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 3292
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 1029
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 2075
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 2800
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 2801 - 7473
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 982
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 274
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 738
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 303

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1883 - 1936):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Known Bank Note Signers

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