Turtle Mountain Bank - Dunseith, ND

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: September 1, 1894*
Location: Dunseith, North Dakota (48.813, -100.061)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 31c78e73

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Description

Article (The Bottineau Pioneer, 1894-09-15) reports the Turtle Mountain Bank was placed in the hands of a receiver due to a cash shortage (~$2,900) involving school funds and Cashier Tucker's failure to produce the money. No run is mentioned; receiver assigned => suspension leading to closure/receivership.

Events (1)

1. September 1, 1894* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: A Receivership. The Turtle Mountain Bank, situated at Dunseith, was a few days ago thrown into the hands of a receiver. This action was necessi ated by a short ge in the bank's cash of some $2900. The money was school funds which had [been deposited there, and which Cashier Tucker failed to produce. Fied Wagner, of the Dunseith Herald, is receiver-and will be all right.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. September 15, 1894 The Bottineau Pioneer Bottineau, ND

Article from The Bottineau Pioneer, September 15, 1894

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Article Text

A Receivership. The Turtle Mountain Bank, situated at Dunseith, was a few days ago thrown into the hands of a receiver. This action was necessi ated by a short ge in the bank's cash of some $2900. The money was school funds which had [been deposited there, and which Cashier Tucker failed to produce. Fied Wagner, of the Dunseith Herald, is receiver-and will be all right.