Office California and Texas Bank of Boaz, Marklee & Co... [caption title]

Fort Worth, 1877. Very good.. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded. Two very short separations at top edge. Light tanning. This handbill, dated June 4, 1877, announces the closing of the California and Texas Bank and the formation of a new entity, the City National Bank of Fort Worth. The directors of the new company included W.J. Boaz and J. Markee, the directors of the California and Texas Bank, as well as J. Nichols, C.R. Morehead, Jr., and A.M. Britton, who as the bank's first president. It reads in part:

"Having assisted in the formation of a being interested in the City National Bank of Fort Worth, we beg to announce to our correspondents, customers and friends that on and after this dates, the California and Texas Bank of Boaz, Marklee &Co., will discontinue business. All unfinished business remaining in our hands will be attended to by the City National Bank, and we respectfully solicit for the new bank a continuance of the liberal patronage enjoyed by us, believing that our former customers will find their interests efficiently and promptly served."

An ephemeral record of the foundation of amongst the oldest banks in Fort Worth, formed at the beginning of the region's cattle industry. Not in OCLC.