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| The Boone County National Bank of Columbia |
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Overview:
Boone County National Bank has over 151 years of experience serving its community with legendary service, financial expertise and exceptional products.
Local Bank. Local People
Boone County National Bank is an integral part of its mid-Missouri community. Volunteerism isn’t just expected of the bank’s 350 employees, it’s required. The bank has a Community Involvement Committee that coordinates efforts for events such as the Show Me State Games, Special Olympics, Relay for Life and numerous other fund-raising events. In fact, year after year, Boone County National Bank has contributed more volunteer hours to the Show Me State Games than any other local business. The bank’s employees aren’t just volunteers, they are leaders.
The commitment doesn’t stop there. Boone County National Bank invests more than a quarter million dollars each year in more than 150 non-profit organizations and their projects. If something is important to the community, the bank is there to help.
Serving You Into the Future
Today, Boone County National Bank is a community bank looking to the future. While proud of its past, the bank is always striving for what’s next, what’s better, what’s right for our community. It’s what community banking is all about.
We look forward to working with you. |
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History:
Boone County National Bank is steeped in the history and tradition of the early Midwest. The bank began in 1857, the first to be established in this part of the state of Missouri. Moss Prewitt, a merchant in Columbia, and R.B. Price, Sr., his son-in-law, established the firm of Prewitt and Price, and became the Columbia branch of Exchange Bank of St. Louis, with $250,000 in capital.
The formation of Prewitt and Price was a direct result of increasing requests from farmers to hold money received in the sale of their products until they needed it. The bank became the principal meeting place for farmers who made it their headquarters, depositing their saddlebags in one corner of the banking room while they transacted business and received letters and messages that had been left for them.
Six years later, in 1863, the National Banking Act brought the beginning of the National Bank System, and on September 1, 1863, National Charter No. 67 was granted to this bank under the new name "First National Bank of Columbia," making it the first national bank organized in Missouri, and the third west of the Mississippi river.
During the Civil War, bank robberies were frequent. In 1864, "Bloody Bill" Anderson's guerilla warriors massacred Union soldiers at Centralia and were reported to be heading toward Columbia to rob the bank. Bank President R.B. Price took $150,000 in currency and $70,000 in gold and buried it under a gatepost on the farm of a trusted friend three miles north of Columbia.
Later in 1864, the bank gave up its original charter and did business under a state charter, which required a smaller cash reserve be kept in the bank. On January 1, 1871, after the Civil War, the bank resumed its national charter under the name "Boone County National Bank."
Many changes have occurred over the years, including joining Central Bancompany, a Jefferson City-based holding company in 1974, allowing Boone County National Bank to expand its services and facilities while continuing the community-based banking on which it had been founded.
First and foremost, Boone County National Bank is an integral part of its mid-Missouri community. Reflecting the commitment of its founders, the bank continues to provide the very best in financial services. |
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