00429 ORTON'S BANK: An Inventory of Its Financial Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Kathryn A. Johnson Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse January 12, 2000.Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Orton's Bank (Ortonville, Minn.). Orton's Bank financial records, 1879-1890. Two loan collection registers (1880-1890), a loan remittance register (1883-1884), a journal (1883-1887), a ledger (1886-1890) and some biographical and historical information documenting the business activities of Orton's Bank, Ortonville, Minnesota, which was formed and owned by Cornelius Knute Orton, for whom the town of Ortonville was named. 1.25 cu. ft. (1 box, containing 5 v. and 1 folder). See Detailed Description for shelf location. BIOGRAPHY OF C. K. ORTON

C. K. (Cornelius Knute) Orton was born (October 11, 1846) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, moved to Iowa (1853), and then to Lanesboro, Minnesota (1857) where he was a bookkeeper and merchant. In 1872 he moved to Big Stone County and homesteaded with his brothers near Big Stone Lake, where he also operated an Indian trading post. The village of Ortonville was named for him and he served as its first postmaster (1875), village officer (1881), and owner and operator of Orton's Bank. Orton died in Ortonville on December 24, 1890.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS

The volumes illustrate in detail the extent of the bank's business ventures in Minnesota and the Midwest. Also included is a folder containing biographical information on Orton, historical information on Ortonville, and a sample sheet of blank checks issued by the bank.

 RELATED MATERIALS

Related materials: Reminiscences of Orton's son, Clark W. Orton are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collections.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Banks and banking -- Ortonville -- Records and correspondence. Business enterprises -- Minnesota -- Ortonville. Financial institutions -- Minnesota -- Ortonville. Persons: Orton, C. K. (Cornelius Knute), 1846-1890. Places: Big Stone County (Minn.). Ortonville (Minn.). Document Types: Bookkeeping records. Occupations: Bankers. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here] Orton's Bank Financial Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 1802

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, July 1998

Catalog ID number: 09-00042322

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION 142.F.14.5B 1 Collection register, March 8, 1880-October 1, [1886?].

The volume contains names of receiver, drawer, or marker; endorsees; when and where payable; interest rate; when note is due; when paid and amount paid.

 142.F.14.5B 2 Collections register, October 13, 1886-April 10, 1890.

Contains same information categories as found in volume 1. It also includes correspondence and other items pasted into the volume, including an Orton's Bank letterhead (p.22).

 142.F.14.5B 3 Remittance register, August 31, 1883-April 18, 1884.

Similar in format to volumes 1 and 2, the volume records the name of drawer, when drawn, endorsees, where payable, and amount.

 142.F.14.5B 1 Biographical information on C. K. Orton, sample sheet of blank checks issues by Orton's bank, undated.