Western Farm Mortgage Trust company

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: private
Start Date: January 3, 1894
Location: Denver, Colorado (39.739, -104.985)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: c4d0d9e1

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Description

Article (Fort Worth Gazette, Jan 5 1894) reports C.W.E. Griffith as receiver of the Western Farm Mortgage Trust Company and petition to sell about $1,000,000 of the company's securities (Denver, Jan 3). No mention of a depositor run; a receiver is in place indicating the institution was closed and in receivership.

Events (1)

1. January 3, 1894 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Judge Allen today passed upon the petition of C. W. E. Griffith, receiver of the Western Farm Mortgage Trust company, for permission to sell about $1,000,000 worth of the company's securities.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 5, 1894 Fort Worth Gazette Fort Worth, TX

Article from Fort Worth Gazette, January 5, 1894

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Article Text

PERMISSION TO SELL SECURITIES. By Associated Press. Denver, Col., Jan. 3.-Judge Allen today passed upon the petition of C. W. E. Griffith, receiver of the Western Farm Mortgage Trust company, for permission to sell about $1,000,000 worth of the company's securities. This is on their face value, but many of them were issued by companies long ago defunct.