Gettysburg State Bank - Gettysburg, SD

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: December 30, 1897
Location: Gettysburg, South Dakota (45.012, -99.956)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 3d0203db

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Description

Article (Dec 30, 1897) reports the receiver's final accounting for the Gettysburg bank and distribution to creditors, indicating the bank was closed and in receivership. No mention of a depositor run in the article.

Events (1)

1. December 30, 1897 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The receiver, Ben Hoover, of the Gettysburg bank ... has made his final accounting and after paying the receiver and all expenses of closing up the business, says there is $8,172 for the creditors.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 30, 1897 The Madison Daily Leader Madison, SD

Article from The Madison Daily Leader, December 30, 1897

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Article Text

The receiver, Ben Hoover, of the Gettysburg bank, the one which William Walter Taylor bolstered up so heavily for his brother-in-law, Leppleman, has made his final accounting and after paying the receiver and all expenses of closing up the business, says there is $8,172 for the creditors. It. was not expected there would be $3,000.