Liberty National Bank, Oklahoma City, OK (Charter 11230)
Liberty National Bank, Oklahoma City, OK (Chartered 1918 - Closed (Merger) 2003)
Town History
Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 20th-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area, with an estimated 1.49 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area in the state and 42nd-most populous in the country. It is the county seat of Oklahoma County, with the city limits extending into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties.
Oklahoma City has one of the world's largest livestock markets. The city is bisected geographically and culturally by the North Canadian River, which divides North Oklahoma City and South Oklahoma City. The north side is characterized by diverse and fashionable urban neighborhoods near the city center and sprawling suburbs further north. South Oklahoma City is generally more blue-collar working class and significantly more industrial, having grown up around the Stockyards and meat packing plants at the turn of the century.
Oil, natural gas, petroleum products, and related industries are its economy's largest sector. The city is in the middle of an active oil field, and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs a large number of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (which house offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
Oklahoma City is on the I-35 and I-40 corridors, one of the primary travel corridors south into Texas and New Mexico, north towards Wichita and Kansas City, west towards Albuquerque, and east towards Little Rock and Memphis. Located in the state's Frontier Country region, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889 and grew to a population of over 10,000 within hours of its founding. It was the site of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in which 168 people died.
Oklahoma City had 15 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and 11 of those banks issued National Bank Notes.
Bank History
- Organized May 18, 1918
- Chartered August 30, 1918
- Opened September 3, 1918
- Absorbed 9856 May 20, 1926 (Oklahoma Stock Yards NB, Oklahoma City, OK)
- Bank was Open past 1935
- For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
- Merged into Bank One, N.A. in Chicago, IL, May 15, 2003
On May 28, 1918, directors of the Liberty National Bank purchased the Lee building at the northeast corner of Main Street and Robinson Avenue from Oscar G. Lee of Kansas City at a reported price of $375,000. At the same time they obtained a 99-year lease on the ground where the building stood, according to George L. Browning, chairman of the organization committee. The Roach and Veazy Drug Co. occupied most of the first floor. Plans were to remodel the building and add 3 more stories making it eight stories in height. The Liberty National Bank was granted a charter several weeks ago and would be ready for business by September 1st. A temporary location would be obtained as some tenants had leases of 1-2 years.[4] In July 1918, the capital was $300,000 and the plan was to open for business in the old Lee building. L.T. Sammons was president. He was formerly vice president of the First National Bank of McAlester, and was currently president of six other banks on the eastern side of the state. Other officers were: George L. Browning, vice president, formerly president of the Southwest Reserve Bank, Oklahoma City; C.W. Gunter, vice president and state manager, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. and formerly chairman of the board, Guaranty Bank, Oklahoma City; O.B. Tedrick, assistant cashier and former manager, Bradstreet Co., Oklahoma City; M.B. Blake, president, Baker-Hanna-Blake Wholesale Dry Goods Co.; T.E. Braniff, president, T.E. Braniff Co., bonds and insurance; Kee R. McKee, president, American Brick & Tile Co.; Judge P.D. Brewer of Everest, Vaught & Brewer, attorneys and formerly presiding judge, Supreme Court, Commission No. 1; Wirt Franklin, oil producer, Ardmore, Oklahoma; J.K.D. Shaffer, oil producer and manager, C.B. Shaffer Oil interests; C.W. Crum, active vice president, First National Bank, McAlester, succeeding Mr. Sammons at that place; J.B. Barnes, oil producer; W.E. Browning, active vice president, First State Bank of Wyona, Oklahoma; V.V. Harris, loans and investments; A.J. Martin, president, Okemah National Bank and four other banks in the state; M.D. Scott, president, Scott-Halliburton Dry Goods Co.; P.A. Janeway, president, Mangum National Bank, Mangum, Oklahoma; J.E. Marrs, vice president and state manager, Minnetonka Lumber Co.; and C.J. Benson, president, First National Bank, Sapulpa, Oklahoma.[5]
On Tuesday, September 3rd, 1918, the doors of the Liberty National Bank were opened to receive visitors and patrons and about 2,000 of them availed themselves of the opportunity to inspect one of the handsomest and best-equipped banks in the state. At the end of the day, 400 customers had left $750,000 with the bank and the total resources at the close of business the first day were $1,069,000. Cut flowers and potted plants decorated the lobby of the bank.[6]
In January 1920, the officers were: Geo. L. Browning, president; Chas. W. Gunter, P.A. Janeway, O.B. Tedrick, and Fay Thompson, vice presidents; O.C. Williams, cashier; T.A. Freie, J.E. West, G.L. Baird, and Minnie S. Atkisson, assistant cashiers. At the close of 1919, the bank had total resources of $3,708,840.86 with capital $300,000, surplus and profits $72,321.51, and deposits $2,638,149.33.[7]
On Saturday night, April 23, 1921, throngs of people elbowed their way through the main floor of the Liberty National Bank hardly recognizing they were in the same building so recently occupied by Roach & Veazey as a drug store. All of the space of Roach & Veazey, the McVey Optical Company and the Liberty National Bank had been converted into one big banking room. Visitors were guided by officers from the lobby down the east side of the steps into the basement through the giant vault, up the west side of the steps to the right along the east side of the lobby to the rear, back to the front along the west side of the lobby through the officers quarters and down behind the cages on the west side of the building back to the rear exit where young ladies gave 8,000 roses to the visitors as they passed. The floor was Tennessee marble and the fixtures were the most modern in type having a heavy base of Tavernelle-clair marble with the upper half of clear cut glass. This marble was also used in wainscoting around the entire room, blending perfectly with the Tennessee marble in the floor, window hangings and other equipment. The well-appointed office quarters were furnished in black walnut. The desks were of original design made especially for the Liberty National. Steps leading down into the basement provided access to one of the finest vaults in the West, the installation of which cost approximately $30,000. Entering the vault there was a solid wall of safety deposit boxes in front and on either end a plate glass mirror gave the impression of miles of safety deposit boxes. Fifteen hundred were installed and space remained for installation of 2,000 more. The mammoth round door weighed over 25 tons and was equipped with the latest time lock. A second smaller door was available in case of an emergency. On either side of the landing were rows of private booths equipped with electric lights, glass tables and electric fans for the use of customers. Just behind these were shower baths and a gymnasium for the employees. On the first floor was a handsomely equipped ladies' parlor and just behind this, the cages began, running around the lobby back to the officers' quarters on the west side. The unit system was used. First a large Discount cage in front on the left; back of that, Paying and Receiving Teller; then a large cage wherein two bookkeepers were installed. These units were repeated until the entire alphabet had been taken care of. In the rear and on the east side were located general bookkeepers, statement tellers, trust and savings departments, as well as a large department for exchange and collections. The lobby was one of the finest in the state, 50 to 22 feet wide and 105 feet long at the end of which a bronze Statue of Liberty held out its lighted torch above the gray marble of the fixtures. The president, George L. Browning, deserved much credit for the assistance rendered in converting this space into a splendid banking room.[8]
In December 1922, directors of the Liberty National Bank announced the election of P.A. Janeway, chairman of the board of executive manager; Chas. W. Gunter, president; and M.B. Blake, first vice-president. Mr. Janeway, who would head the institution as chairman and executive manager, had thirty-three years of active banking experience, the last twenty-three years of which had been spent in Oklahoma and he was well-known to the bankers and businessmen throughout the state. He was recognized as a man of unusually sound business judgment and was known for his activities in all movements pertaining to the betterment of city and state. Mr. Janeway was appointed chairman of the Oklahoma committee of the War Finance Corporation in November 1921, and since that time, he had been a tireless worker on behalf the farmers and livestock men of Oklahoma, ensuring they were properly financed during the emergency. He, with the aid of his committee, approved loans to the farmers and livestock men through the country banks, totaling approximately four million dollars. This money was loaned at a time when it was needed most. Mr. Janeway was chosen as chairman of the War Finance committee by reason of his intimate knowledge of the farmers needs, and his reputation as a broad minded, conservative banker. He has certainly filled the position with honor and credit to himself and the other committeemen. Charles W. Gunter, who was one of the founders of the institution and who had been identified with the Liberty National as vice president and a member of the executive committee since its beginning, succeeded Geo. L. Browning, the retiring president, For fourteen years he was a general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, which interest he had recently sold to devote his entire time and energies to the Liberty National. M.B. Blake, president of the Security National Bank of Lawton, was elected first vice president. He was formerly president of the Baker, Hanna & Blake wholesale dry goods company of this city. Mr. Blake was widely known as one of the beat credit men in the Southwest and would be one of the guiding hands to direct the future progress of the Liberty National Bank. Stockyards and livestock men were familiar with the marked success which had come to George Browning, retiring president of the Liberty, who for the next few months would be laboring in the greater banking fields of this and foreign countries that he might fit himself for still higher rewards in the world of finance. Mr. Browning was a founder of the old Stock Yards State Bank, later consolidated with the [Southwest National Bank, now the Southwest Reserve Bank.[9]
In December 1923, O.C. Williams, cashier of the Liberty National Bank since its organization in 1918, was called by George L. Browning to Los Angeles to accept the position of vice president of a million-dollar bank. Mr. Williams was born at Ennis, Texas, and secured his early training driving a span of mules down the corn rows in south Texas. He was still hearing the ring of the broadax as it resounded from the "Piney Woods." Mr. Williams convinced the Fort Worth State Bank to give him a try. T.P. Martin who was for years president of the Oklahoma Stock Yards National Bank transacted considerable business with the Fort Worth State Bank and soon became attracted by the rapid progress made by Mr. Williams and made him assistant cashier of the Oklahoma Stock Yards National where he served from October 1915 to September 1918, at which time the directors of the Liberty National Bank made him cashier. George L. Browning who assisted in the organization of the Liberty National Bank had since made an extensive trip to Europe studying banking conditions. He recently returned and caused the organization of a million-dollar bank in Los Angeles to be known as the Seaboard National Bank located on Spring Street between Sixth and Seventh in the heart of one of the busiest cities in the world. Mr. Williams would make a very valuable acquisition to the personnel of the Seaboard as his ability as a banker was well-known and his friends in the banking fraternity of Oklahoma were legion.[10]
On Wednesday, October 14, 1925, Mrs. Minnie S. Atkisson, assistant cashier of the Liberty National Bank of Oklahoma City departed for Los Angeles where she would take charge of the discount department in the Seaboard National Bank. Mrs. Atkisson had been connected with the Liberty National for seven year, coming to Oklahoma City from Fort Worth, Texas, where she was connected with the Fort Worth National Bank for ten years. The Seaboard National Bank of Los Angeles was organized about two years ago by George L. Browning, formerly president and organizer of the Liberty National. Browning now was president of the Los Angeles Bank.[11]
On Monday, April 19, 1926, the entire working force of the Oklahoma National Bank from president to bookkeepers became connected with the Liberty National Bank, the business of the two banks being transacted in the name of and at the location of the Liberty National Bank. Ben Mills, president of the Oklahoma National, stated: "The merger and consolidation of the resources of the two banks will enable us to render better service to the customers of both banks. Since the removal of the Oklahoma National Bank from the stockyards into the city something over a year ago, its business has grown to such an extent that we are cramped for quarters and space. We have heretofore specially served the livestock industry and outside banks requiring an Oklahoma City correspondent. With the merger of the resources and working forces of the two banks in the name and location of the Liberty National Bank and with ample quarters, lobby space, safe deposit vaults and other equipment, we all feel that we can serve these special interests, our regular customers and the general public even better than heretofore. Also a majority of our directors will serve on the new board. We shall welcome and serve in the new location all of our friends and customers who we have heretofore so earnestly endeavored to serve at 209 West Main Street." P.A. Janeway, president of the Liberty National Bank, said: "The merger and consolidation of the two banks is in line with the trend of banking and other business, and will enable us with larger resources and working forces to render better service to the customers of the two banks and the general public.[13]
In January 1927, officers of the Liberty National Bank were P.A. Janeway, president; Ben Mills, executive vice president; M.B. Blake, Kee R. McKee, Fay Thompson, H.R. Empie, Chas. H. Tayor, Chas. F. Colcord, vice presidents; W.H. Griffith, cashier; Geo. L. Baird, O.N. Harris, and M.K. Moussa, assistant cashiers. The directors were Thomas E. Braniff, president, T.E. Braniff Co. and president, Provident Mortgage Co.; M.B. Blake, vice president and president, Security National Bank, Lawton, OK; James B. Barnes, capitalist; Phil D. Brewer, general counsel, Everest, Vaught & Brewer; Charles F. Colcord, capitalist; Melven Cornish, capitalist; W.H. Garside, general manager, Wilson & Co.; Vernon V. Harris, loans and investments; J.W.S. Hutchings, manager, Oklahoma National Stock Yards Co.; P.A. Janeway, president; E.E. McInnis, general solicitor, Santa Fe System; V.E. McInnis, attorney; Kee R. McKee, vice president and president, Oklahoma Industrial Finance Co.; Ben Mills, executive vice president; J.K.D. Shaffer, oil producer; Chas. H. Taylor, capitalist; and Carl Williams, editor, Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman. Liberty National had total resources of $10,982,791.67 with capital $600,000, surplus and reservices $138,574.40, and deposits $10,164,217.27.[14]
In January 1928, Ben Mills was elected president of the Liberty National to take the place of P.A. Janeway who became chairman of the board of directors. The directors elected were Thomas E. Braniff, M.B. Blake, James B. Barnes, Phil D. Brewer, Charles F. Colcord, Jean H. Everest, W.H. Garside, Vernon V. Harris, J.W.S. Hutchings, V.E. McInnis, Kee R. McKee, Ben Mills, J.K.D. Shaffer, Charles H. Taylor, Carl Williams, and P.A. Janeway.[15]
In January 1932, a major move in Oklahoma banking was the resignation of Ben Mills, president of the Liberty National Bank. Mills resigned to accept an active position with the Morris Packing Co. banking interests in Chicago. He would retain his place as a director of the Liberty. Ned Holman, chairman of the Liberty board was slated to succeed Mills as president.[16] Virgil Browne and Charles B. Cooke were elected directors at the Liberty National while Charles F. Colcord was the new director of the First National. Officers at Liberty National were Ned Holman, president; F.G. Babb, M.B. Blake, George L. Rose, Fay Thompson, H.R. Empie, W.F. Haven, Charles H. Taylor, Charles F. Colcord, vice presidents; W.H. Griffith, cashier; George L. Baird, O.H. Harris, M.K. Moussa, and Scott, assistant cashiers; and W.D. Boggs, assistant trust officer. The directors were Ben Barnett, James B. Barnes, Phil D. Brewer, Louis Campbell, Jean H. Everest, W.E. Harber, Vernon V. Harris, Charles Edward Johnson, M.S. McEldowney, V.E. McInnis, G.C. McKee, Kee R. McKee, Moss Patterson, L.H. Prichard, Holman Babb, Blake Haven, Mills, Rose, Taylor, Cooke, and Browne.[17]
In January 1949, officers were Frank A. Sewell, president; F.G. Babb, Felix Simmons, Hugo L. Brink, Geo. H.C. Green, Fred E. Sanders, and Harvey L. Hinkle, vice presidents; C.R. Anthony and Geo. L. Rose, inactive vice presidents; Henry Croak, cashier; W.D. Boggs, trust officer; Dahl P. Brown and Earl C. Hill, assistant vice presidents; Geo. L. Baird, S.C. Clemens, Frank L. Irick, Tom E. Reid, Orvis H. Rundell, and John H. Seerey, assistant cashiers; and Bob. R. Bryan, auditor. The bank statement at the close of 1948 showed total resources of $90,522,181.62 with capital $1,500,000, surplus $1,500,000, undivided profits $1,054,867.93, and deposits of over $85,000,000.[18] The bank was located at the northeast corner of Main and Robinson. The Citizens State Bank of Oklahoma City with Myron W. Horton, vice president, was an affiliate.[19]
In August 1949, the largest financial deal in Oklahoma City's history was the out-right purchase of the Tradesmens National Bank and bank building by the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Oklahoma City. The Tradesmens bank building was sold to the City National Bank.[20]
On Monday, March 17, 1952, the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company held an open house at its new home at the corner of First and Robinson, just one block north from the old building.[22] In 1950, Liberty National purchased the 33-story Apco Tower at NW 1 and Robinson and contracts were let to build a 16-story addition that, with the old building, would provide some of the finest banking facilities in the nation. "We decided to make this important move," Frank A. Sewell, president and chairman of the board, explained, "because we realize that the growth and development of a community and state are closely associated with the adequacy and vitality of its banking system." Sewell pointed out that in the relatively short space of 33 years, Liberty had acquired deposits exceeding $100 million.[23] [APCO was the Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation which began in Oklahoma City in 1919.]
In January 1954, the resignation of Felix Simmons as an active officer was accepted, but he would remain on the board. Grady D. Harris was promoted from assistant vice president to vice-president; and Carl Kemena was promoted from assistant cashier to assistant vice president. Other officers were re-elected as follows: F.G. Babb, Hugo L. Brink, Roy G. Glass, George H.C. Green, Harvey L. Hinkle and Fred E. Sanders, vice presidents; Henry Croak, vice-president and cashier; W. D. Boggs, vice-president and trust officer; Dahl P. Brown, S.C. Clemens, Earl C. Hill, Dewey Jernigan, Tom E. Reid and Orvis H. Rundell, assistant vice presidents; George L. Baird, Frank L. Irick, Neil McElroy and John H. Seerey, assistant cashiers; Kenneth N. Sloan, assistant trust officer; W.S. Pinney, auditor, and L.W. Miller, Jr., assistant auditor.[25] On Friday, July 2, 1954, George L. Baird, veteran Oklahoma City bank employee, died in St. Anthony Hospital. Born in Marble Falls, TX, Baird came to Mill Creek, Oklahoma, with his parents. He was with the First National Bank in Mill Creek before going to Oklahoma City. He was one of the oldest employees of the Liberty National Bank, completing his 35th year last January, a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion.[26]
In February 1965, Harvey P. Everest, president of the Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. and owner of the building announced plans for a complete renovation of the 33-story Liberty National Bank building. Included would be complete modernization of the heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems and exterior renovation. Soter & Sprehean Engineering was engaged in a study of the needs of the building. The building, an Oklahoma City landmark, was constructed in 1930 as the Ramsey Tower later renamed APCO Tower.[27]
On January 7, 1971, Oklahoma banking pioneer, Frank A. Sewell, died at St. Anthony Hospital, age 82. Sewell was born in 1889 in Lavonia, Georgia, the son of a banker. He was educated at Hargrove College in Ardmore and Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He launched his banking career in 1906 at First National Bank of Texhoma, where he rose to president. In 1936, he left Texhoma to head the First National Bank of Clinton, where he was president from 1936 to 1958 and board chairman from 1936 until his death. He was elected president and board chairman of Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. of Oklahoma City in 1942. He remained president until 1955 and chairman until 1959 when he was named honorary chairman. Later, he was name director emeritus. From 1946 to 1948 he was a board member of Citizens National Bank of Oklahoma City. At the time of his death, he was a board member of Citizens National.[28] At the time of his death, Liberty National was preparing to move into a new building, Oklahoma's tallest.
In January 1984, stockholders ratified the consolidation of Liberty National Bank & Trust Co., the state's second largest banking firm with First National Bank of Tulsa, the four largest, subject to approval by the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors. J.W. McLean, chief executive of Liberty National Bank would keep that role as well as assume the chairmanship and chief executive's share in Mid-America Banks. John Kirkpatrick, Oklahoma City oil producer and largest individual stockholder in Liberty would be vice chairman of the new holding company. Walter Helmerich, III, chief executive of Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. was the larges individual owner of First Tulsa stock and would also be vice chairman in the new organization. Helmerich was the grandson of Oklahoma City pioneer Charles F. Colcord. McLean began his banking career at First National, rising to vice president before moving on to the Texas National Bank in Houston as president and to senior vice president of Bank of American in San Francisco. He became chief executive of Liberty in 1967. Liberty and First National would continue to operate as individual banks. However, each would have resources in capital and people that greatly strengthened industrial, commercial, real estate and retail consumer business in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.[30]
On August 14, 1986, Citizens National Bank and Trust Company in Oklahoma City failed and was acquired as a branch by Liberty. At Citizens, 63 employees were re-hired by Liberty from a former workforce of 130. According to William Bell, chairman of Liberty, "The reason these deals work is consolidation and economies of scale."[32] The Citizens National Bank was established on May 27, 1948.
- 08/02/1971 Main Office, The Liberty National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City (4167), moved to 100 Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 [originally Liberty Tower, now BancFirst Tower].
- 05/30/1986 Acquired The First National Bank and Trust Company of Norman (Charter 5248) (FDIC #4157) in Norman, OK.
- 08/14/1986 Acquired Citizens National Bank & Trust Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (FDIC #16698) in Oklahoma City, OK.
- 10/12/1989 Acquired North Bank, National Association (FDIC #25751) in Oklahoma City, OK.
- 06/28/1990 Acquired Brookwood National Bank (FDIC #23887) in Oklahoma City, OK.
- 02/28/1992 Changed Institution Name to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, National Association.
- 11/02/1992 Acquired Choctaw State Bank (FDIC #21744) in Choctaw, OK.
- 07/31/1993 Acquired First Oklahoma Bank and Trust Company of Edmond (FDIC #22253) in Edmond, OK.
- 10/04/1993 Acquired The First National Bank of Edmond (Charter 6156) (FDIC #4083) in Edmond, OK.
- 11/01/1993 Acquired Liberty Bank of Midwest City, National Association (FDIC #26529) in Midwest City, OK.
- 11/30/1993 Acquired Midwest National Bank (FDIC #23003) in Midwest City, OK.
- 12/06/1997 Changed Institution Name to Bank One, Oklahoma, National Association.
- 12/06/1997 Acquired Bank One, Oklahoma City (FDIC #15824) in Oklahoma City, OK.
- 05/15/2003 Merged and became part of Bank One, National Association (formerly First National Bank of Chicago (Charter 8) (FDIC #3618) in Chicago, IL.
- 11/13/2004 Merged and became part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (FDIC #628) in Columbus, OH.
Official Bank Title
1: The Liberty National Bank of Oklahoma City, OK
Bank Note Types Issued
A total of $1,628,070 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1918 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 205,668 notes (No large size and 205,668 small size notes).
This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 10886 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 5864 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 1882 1929 Type 2 5 1 - 58740 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 27261 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 7875
Bank Presidents and Cashiers
Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1918 - 1935):
Presidents:
- George Leslie Browning, 1919-1922
- Charles Wesley Gunter, 1923-1925
- Phineas Allen Janeway, 1926-1927
- Ben Mills, 1928-1931
- Ned Holman, 1932-1935
Cashiers:
Other Known Bank Note Signers
Bank Note History Links
Sources
- Oklahoma City, OK, Wikipedia
- Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
- Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
- Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Tue., Oct. 1, 1918.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., May 1, 1921.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., May 1, 1921.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Wed., May 29, 1918.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., July 28, 1918.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., Sep. 1, 1918.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Thu., Jan. 8, 1920.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., May 1, 1921.
- ↑ Oklahoma Daily Live Stock News, Oklahoma City, OK, Fri., Dec. 22, 1922.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Tue., Jan. 1, 1924.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Wed., Oct. 14, 1925.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., Jan. 3, 1926.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Thu., Apr. 1, 1926.
- ↑ The Oklahoma News, Oklahoma City, OK, Tue., Jan. 4, 1927.
- ↑ The Oklahoma News, Oklahoma City, OK, Wed., Jan. 11, 1928.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Mon., Jan. 11, 1932.
- ↑ The Oklahoma News, Oklahoma City, OK, Wed., Jan. 13, 1932.
- ↑ The Oklahoma Banker, Oklahoma City, OK, Sat., Jan. 1, 1949.
- ↑ Oklahoma Live Stock News, Oklahoma City, OK, Fri., Jan. 7, 1949.
- ↑ Kingfisher Free Press, Kingfisher, OK, Mon., Aug 8, 1949.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Tue., Jan. 29, 1952.
- ↑ Oklahoma Live Stock News, Oklahoma City, OK, Thu., Mar. 13, 1952.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., Mar. 16, 1952.
- ↑ Oklahoma Live Stock News, Oklahoma City, OK, Wed., July 7, 1954.
- ↑ Oklahoma Live Stock News, Oklahoma City, OK, Mon., Jan. 18, 1954.
- ↑ The Tribune-Review, Bethany, OK, Thu., July 8, 1954.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., Feb. 21, 1965.
- ↑ The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Fri., Jan. 8, 1971.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Mon., June 2, 1986.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Sun., Jan. 22, 1984.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Mon., June 2, 1986.
- ↑ The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, Fri., Aug. 22, 1986.
- ↑ Huntoon, Peter, Chapter I01, Encyclopedia of U.S. National Bank Notes, Fig. 20, p. 47.