South Omaha National Bank, South Omaha, NE (Charter 3611)
South Omaha National Bank, South Omaha, NE (Chartered 1886 - Liquidated 1911)
Town History
South Omaha, located in Douglas County, is a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska. During its initial development phase, the town's nickname was "The Magic City" because of the seemingly overnight growth due to the rapid development of the Union Stockyards. Annexed by the City of Omaha in 1915, the community has numerous historical landmarks; many are within the South Omaha Main Street Historic District. The traditional borders of South Omaha included Vinton Street to the north, Harrison Street to the south, the Missouri River to the east, and 42nd Street to the west.
The area that would become South Omaha was rural until the early 1880s when cattle baron Alexander Hamilton Swan decided to establish a stockyards operation just south of Omaha. The South Omaha plat was registered on July 18, 1884. Two years later, South Omaha was incorporated as a city. By 1890, the city had grown to 8,000 people, a rate of growth that earned it the nickname "The Magic City".
In less than 10 years, South Omaha had developed as a regional stockyards and meatpacking center. Its industrial jobs did not require high-level language skills, so it drew thousands of immigrant workers, mostly from eastern and southern Europe. This area of the city showed ethnic succession as different waves of immigrants established certain territories as their own during their first settlement.
South Omaha had five National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all five of those banks issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Organized December 17, 1886
- Chartered December 27, 1886
- Liquidated January 3, 1911
- Succeeded by 9908 of South Omaha (Stock Yards National Bank, South Omaha, NE)
On Tuesday, January 8, 1907, at the annual meeting of the stockholders, officers elected were: H.C. Bostwick, president; Truman Buck, vice president; E.A. Cudahy, vice president; John C. French, cashier; H.C. Miller, John S. King, and James Bowen, assistant cashiers. The directors were H.C. Bostwick, Guy C. Barton, Truman Buck, E.A. Cudahy, J.P. Lyman, Edgar M. Morsman, Jr.; H.C. Miller, J.D. Standish, John C. French, and K.C. Barton.[1]
Official Bank Title
1: The South Omaha National Bank, South Omaha, NE
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $916,050 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1886 and 1911. This consisted of a total of 97,368 notes (97,368 large size and No small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 10025 1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 1806 1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 3830 1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 2468 1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 3705 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 3411
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1886 - 1911):
Presidents:
- Albert Uriah Wyman, 1887-1889
- Joseph Hopkins Millard, 1890-1899
- Guy Conger Barton, 1900-1906
- Henry Clay Bostwick, 1907-1910
Cashiers:
- Henry Clay Bostwick, 1887-1902
- Charles B. Anderson, 1903-1903
- Henry Clay Bostwick, 1904-1905
- John Charles French, 1906-1910
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
- South Omaha National Bank, South Omaha, NE History (NB Lookup)
- Nebraska Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)
Sources
- South Omaha, NE, on Wikipedia
- Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
- Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
- ↑ Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha, NE, Wed., Jan. 9, 1907.