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Photograph showing the First National Bank Lobby as it looked in 1929

The First National Bank of Pipestone, MN (1889 - 1929) was …

Town History

circa 1920 Postcard showing the Commerce Block (on the right), home of the Bank of Southwestern Minnesota, and Stoner & Mylius, Bankers from 1885 to 1889

For more information on the town of Royalton, see their Wikipedia page.

Bank History

The Bank's early history can be traced back to … (give a brief history of preceeding bank(s) here).

(History of the bank up to the end of the Obsolete Era here, with info on final fate and succeeding bank.)

(Show a nice banknote from this bank at the end of this section).

1882 $5 Brown Back banknote with pen signatures of Wm. Frost, Cashier and W.C. Briggs, President

Bank Notes Issued

For example: This bank issued bank notes from 1825 to 1864 when it converted to a National Bank...

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (18xx - 18xx):

Presidents:

• Charles Miller, 18xx – 18xx
• Cedric J. Crosby, 18xx – 18xx

Cashiers:

• William D. Marshall, 18xx – 18xx

References

• James A. Haxby, United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866 (4 volumes) (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1988).
• R. Shawn Hewitt, A History & Catalog of Minnesota Obsolete Bank Notes & Scrip (New York: Smythe, 2006).
• The Bankers Magazine 1846 – 1922 (New York: various publishers over the years).

(The Bankers Magazine volumes are available online at the Currency Club of Chester County (PA) website).

• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com