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On October 24, 2003, two community banks with a combined history of over 215 years merged to become one state bank, Profinium Financial. We are an institution that has always taken pride not just in our ever expanding branches, but in our deep roots. Our history and connection to our communities is what makes us what we are today. We offer you a bit of our long and cherished history.The history of Martin County National Bank of Fairmont really begins with the arrival of our founder, Albert L. Ward to the Midwest. Mr. Ward, a native of New York, had faithfully served the Union Army as a New York Volunteer Infantryman during the U.S. Civil War. Upon receiving an honorable discharge in the spring of 1864, he set out across the country at the age of 22 to visit friends who had immigrated to southern Minnesota, the land of new opportunities. He arrived in the city of Winnebago and immediately inquired at the local federal grant office as to available land. Surveying the options, he selected a rolling 160 acres in section nine of the new Fairmont Township. He arrived to first see his new land and our fledgling community on April 28, 1864. Mr. Ward was immediately stunned by the unique beauty of the lakes and landscape. In an article written on April 28th, 1924, the 60th anniversary of his arrival, Mr. Ward recalled his awe of the place he would spend the rest of his days:"When we wound in around the prairie slough from the northeast and drove the ox team up on the ground where the courthouse grounds now are, the sun was near it setting on a perfect spring day; the evening rays shining through the freshly leafed trees and over the silvery waters made what I thought to be the most beautiful scene I ever beheld. I decided that here I would stop and spend my lifetime, and I've been here ever since-and the sunsets still seem as beautiful as the one which I admired the day I arrived."

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