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Souvenir pamphlet documenting the history of the First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas along with photos of the bank and portraits of all the employees.

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12 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.

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First State Bank 1970.

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Organized in 1961, the Johnson County Historical Commission operates the Courthouse Museum, provides Designated Historic Landmark plaques for sites throughout the county, assists applicants with Texas Historical Markers, maintains the Dotey House in Cleburne, and offers support for other historic preservation projects all over Johnson County.

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Souvenir pamphlet documenting the history of the First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas along with photos of the bank and portraits of all the employees.

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12 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.

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At bottom of cover: "You Are Invited To Join Us For The Second Fifty."

Additional historical context: Established in 1920, the bank offered drive-in, walk-in, and fly-in banking, bank by mail and a coffee shop. Branches opened in Godley and Alvarado and it opened an ATM (one of Texas' first) in Cleburne. Bank calendars, advertisements, and holiday cards featured artwork by Lex Graham and George Hallmark promoting the bank's Western hospitality theme, as did Lee "Pop" Myres - also the longtime spokesman for Wolf Brand Chili. Sadly, the "second fifty" was not to be. Board Chairman Lowell Smith, Sr. passed away in 1975 and was replaced by his son, Lowell "Stretch" Smith, Jr. When "Stretch" retired, the bank became Wells Fargo in 1999.

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First State Bank. first fifty, pamphlet, 1970; Rio Vista, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1372233/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Historical Commission.

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