Cooper, TX, United States
First National Bank. Oldest bank in Delta County. Founded 1889 as private firm operating in a grocery store. Chartered as a national bank 1891. Erected this building 1909. Guaranty State Bank merged with First National 1925. This bank has had continued growth. The founder, Wm. J. McDonald (1844 - 19
26), at his death left a great fortune to establish an astronomical observatory of the first order - the McDonald Observatory, in West Texas. RTHL 1966 #6936
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