In the Beginning...
The work to obtain a bank started in June of 1972 when a group of eleven local businessmen got together to discuss the possibility of opening a bank to service the needs of the local community. The group’s goal was to have a bank that met the community needs as well as being truly community owned.

After much hard work and diligence, approval was granted by the State Banking Department and FDIC insurance was obtained in August of 1976 to form the First Bank of Snook. The stock was then issued at $25 per share giving the bank total capital of $500,000 on opening day. In 1996, a new building was built to support the increasing number of employees needed during this growing time period. A Loan Production Office was established in College Station the fall of 1998, which soon became a full service branch in January 1999.