. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. ndperhaps others, became stock-holders, and organizedthe Catlettsburg National Bank. The bank openedfor business on the first day of July, 1882, havingfor its officers John Russell, president; Robert , vice-president; A. C. Campbell, cashier ;James Trimble, teller; and J. Lewis Prichard, col-lecting clerk and messenger. The first buildingoccupied by thebank was a neatand tastefulstructure onCenter Street,fitted up in thebest manner toaccommodateboth bankersand
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. ndperhaps others, became stock-holders, and organizedthe Catlettsburg National Bank. The bank openedfor business on the first day of July, 1882, havingfor its officers John Russell, president; Robert , vice-president; A. C. Campbell, cashier ;James Trimble, teller; and J. Lewis Prichard, col-lecting clerk and messenger. The first buildingoccupied by thebank was a neatand tastefulstructure onCenter Street,fitted up in thebest manner toaccommodateboth bankersand the stock-holders and of- THE CATLETTSBURG NATIONAL BANK. fieers of the new bank at once inspired the greatestconfidence in business circles was no wonder, whenit is known that every one of them was noted forbusiness capacity, strict integrity, with ample capi-tal ; and, in addition, the president was an old bankdirector, while the cashier had had many years ofexperience as cashier of one of the most successfulnational banks in the State. These gentlemen,being safe and conservative, started the bank on a. 286 THE BIG SANDY VALLEY. capital of $50,000, but some time after increased thecapital stock to $100,000, all paid in. The steady growth of the business of the bankwas so great that the stock-holders in 1885 foundit necessary to provide more extensive quarters fortheir prosperous business. They procured the loton the north-east corner of Division and CenterStreets, being the most eligible corner in town, onwhich they erected a bank building, which, forbeauty of architectural design, substantiality ofconstruction, convenience of internal and externalarrangements, and general appearance, is equal tothe finest buildings for similar purposes in thegreat cities of the country. It is altogether thehandsomest building in Catlettsburg, a little citynow noted for its many handsome structures forboth private and public uses. The walls of the basement are built of ashleredstones, trimmed
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