Missouri History Today
Central Bank is Founded: January 9, 1902
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
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