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Our
History
First National Bank is headquartered in historic George West,
Texas. The town is named after former cattle baron Mr. George West.
First National Bank was founded in January, 1934 and its charter was
issued by the
Comptroller of the Currency in February 1934. The bank had four
employees when it
opened its doors for business. By 1939 the bank had accumulated assets
totaling
$391,000 and almost 20 years later in 1957, assets had grown to the
huge sum of
$2,000,000. By 1961, another $1 million in assets had been added to
the bank and
Margaret Pugh James came to work and is still working here today after
42 years of
continuous employment.
The "Boom" years of the early 80's were marked by a tripling of the
bank building's
physical size and an almost doubling of its asset base. What is most
remarkable about
those years is the fact that, while the bank did suffer some
significant setbacks in the
form of loan losses, we did not fail to make a profit in any of those
years and more
importantly, we did not fail, as many banks in our area and across the
State were being
forced out of business. Leadership from our owners and hard work from
our employees kept our bank strong while weaker institutions
disappeared from the banking scene. One of the biggest factors that
helped us survive the turbulent 80's was our customers, they never
lost faith in our bank.
In 1991, we opened our first branch facility in Three Rivers, our
second Live Oak County location, and in 1997 we opened a branch in
Floresville, in Wilson County. Our newest location opened November 1,
2001 in San Antonio.
We now have 4 banking locations, 66 employees, and over $155 million
in assets, and one continuing goal, which is to provide you, our
customer, with the best overall banking experience in South Texas.
First National Bank is owned and operated by South Texans. We make our
decisions at the local office where you do your business. We take
pride in knowing our customers by name, not by account number or
profitability score.
First National Bank, we were here yesterday, we're here today, and
we'll be here for you in the future. That's something to think about
when you're trying to choose between a local bank and one of those
impersonal, out-of-state, multi-billion dollar financial center banks.
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