First National Bank, Winona, MN (Charter 550)

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First National Bank, Winona, MN (Chartered 1864 - Liquidated 1884)

Town History

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Winona is the county seat of Winona County, in southeastern Minnesota. The city of Winona began on the site of a Native American village named Keoxa. Non-Native Americans settled the area in 1851 and laid out the town into lots in 1852 and 1853. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, said to have been the first-born daughter of Chief Wapasha (Wabasha) III. During the National Bank Note Era, the population of Winona was 7,192 in 1870, increasing to 20,850 in 1930. It's highest population was 27,952 in 2010, and the current population is estimated at 26,813 (2018).

Winona was home to 7 national banks, all of them issuing notes.

Bank History

1875 Bank Postal Card. H.E. Curtis, Cashier.

• Organized Jul 21, 1864
• Chartered Oct 25, 1864
• Succeeded Southern Bank
• Charter expired
• Liquidated Jul 21, 1884
• Succeeded by 3224 (National Bank/First National Bank, Winona, MN)

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Winona, MN

Bank Note Types Issued

Original Series $5 bank note with pen signatures of Thomas E. Bennett, Cashier and L. C. Porter, President, Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, http://www.ha.com

A total of $173,120 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1884. This consisted of a total of 40,324 notes (40,324 large size and 0 small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s
Original Series	3x1-2	1 - 1900
Original Series	4x5	1 - 3975
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 4206

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1884):

Presidents:

• Lemuel C. Porter, 1864-1883

Cashiers:

• Thomas E. Bennett, 1864-1865
• Clark T. Morris, 1866-1867
• I. J. Cummings, 1867-1867
• G. A. Burbank, 1868-1868
• H. E. Curtis, 1869-1877
• Clark Horton Porter, 1878-1880
• Edmund Daniel Hulbert, 1881-1883

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• First National Bank, Winona, MN History (NB Lookup)
• Winona County Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)
• Minnesota Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Winona, MN, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona,_Minnesota
• 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