Helena National Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 4406
Charter Number: 4406
Start Date: December 3, 1897
Location: Helena, Montana (46.593, -112.036)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 54384818

Response Measures

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Description

Article reports that the Comptroller appointed a receiver for the Helena National Bank (December 1897). No run is mentioned; appointment of a receiver indicates government action and permanent closure/receivership.

Events (3)

1. August 29, 1890 Chartered

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2. January 8, 1895 Voluntary Liquidation

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3. December 3, 1897 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: When Comptroller Eckels came to make his appointment for the receivership of the Helena National bank ... Eugene Wilson ... was named. he sent a message to Bank Examiner Seeley ... Terry had been urged ... Thus he lost what may be nearly a five years' job, at about $3,000 to $5,000 a year.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 4, 1897 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, WA

Article from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 4, 1897

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Article Text

WHAT EDWARD L. TERRY MISSED. Would Have Been Appointed Receiver of Helena Bank. Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer. WASHINGTON Dec. 3.-When Comptroller Eckels came to make his appointment for the receivership of the Helena National bank. to which Eugene Wilson, of Ellensburg, was named. he sent a message to Bank Examiner Seeley, who was then in Seattle, to send Edward L. Terry Terry had been urged for some time by Seattle friends for a position as bank examiner. The reply was returned that Terry was in Alaska and could not be reached. Thus he lost what may be nearly a five years' job, at about $3,000 to $5,000 a year.