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Missouri History Today

Central Bank is Founded: January 9, 1902

by Missouri Life

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