FIRST - Bank in Texas Panhandle - Canadian, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 35° 54.891 W 100° 23.068
14S E 375083 N 3975389
The man who built the hotel, kept the banks going.
Waymark Code: WM135VW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2020
Views: 2
County of Marker: Hemphill County
Location of Marker: 2000 Main St., Canadian
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1970
Marker Text:
FIRST NATION BANK
OF CANADIAN
Successor to
first bank in Texas Panhandle: the Traders' Bank at Canadian, organized by Henry Hamburg and Robert Moody on August 1, 1887. In 1892 Moody and D. J. Young, his son-in-law, established the Canadian Valley Bank. The two men converted it into the First National Bank of Canadian in 1903. Moody was an official at all three banks. The present structure was built in 1920. Architect was J. C. Berry.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1970
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