Central Bank traces its founding to this date, when Lon Stephens established Central Missouri Trust Company. Stephens, pictured here, previously served as state treasurer and governor, according to a bank history online.

Photo credit: Howard Louis Conard – Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri via Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Vest_Stephens#/media/File:Lon_Vest_Stephens.JPG