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First National Bank

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Main & B-24, Cooper, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 22' 28.23134000016", -95° 41' 23.33596999992"
 
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    Oldest bank in Delta County. Founded 1889 as private firm operating in a grocery store. Chartered as a national bank 1891. Erected this building 1909. Guaranty State Bank merged with First National 1925. This bank has had continued growth. The founder, Wm. J. McDonald (1844 - 1926), at his death left a great fortune to establish an astronomical observatory of the first order - the McDonald Observatory, in West Texas. RTHL 1966

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

First National Bank Historical Marker Location Map, Cooper, Texas