1930—1950: Depression and Resurgence

  On a Thursday morning in October 1929, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression arrived.

  Times  were tough and many banks went bust.  Our doors stayed open.

  Wood County emerged from the Depression in the mid 1930’s when oil and gas were discovered.  The

  bank  was there, making loans and opening accounts for the families that followed black gold into these

  parts.  Our  deep commitment to Wood County’s economic growth started then—and continues to this day.

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  Bank employees Nell Lanier, C. L.

  Shamburger, and Alice Harris stand outside

  our second office on the square, circa 1945.