First National Bank - Waterville, WA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 4532
Charter Number: 4532
Start Date: February 24, 1898
Location: Waterville, Washington (47.647, -120.071)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: db287c7c

Response Measures

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Description

Comptroller bulletin reports the First National Bank of Waterville, Wash., resolved by stockholders to go into liquidation on 1898-02-24. No run is mentioned; this is a voluntary liquidation leading to closure.

Events (3)

1. March 10, 1891 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. February 24, 1898 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Resolution of the bank's stockholders to liquidate the bank, dated February 24, 1898.
Newspaper Excerpt: The First National bank of Waterville, Wash., by resolution of its stockholders, dated February 24, 1898.
Source: newspapers

3. February 24, 1898 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 22, 1898 The Herald Los Angeles, CA

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Article Text

National Bank Changes The latest bulletin of the comptroller of the currency, dated March 14, 1898, gives the following, among other changes: Liquidation-The National City bank of Boston, Mass., by resolution of its stockholders, dated February 15, 1898. The First National bank of Waterville, Wash., by resolution of its stockholders, dated February 24, 1898. Insolvent-The Cheyenne National bank. Cheyenne, Wyo., J. R. Hanna receiver in place of J. W. Foster, to take effect March 10, 1898. The German National bank of Denver, Col., W. A. Platt receiver in place of Z. T. Hill, resigned, to take effect March 15, 1898. The Commercial National bank of Denver, Col., W. A. Platt receiver in place of F. Adams, resigned, to take effect March 15, 1898.