First National Bank and Trust Company of Broken Arrow

Five years before Oklahoma statehood, Broken Arrow wasn't too impressive. In fact, the village was described as being little more than a patch of blue sky under which a few tents had been stretched; however, it was being called home by what is now the oldest hometown bank in Tulsa County. Opened in 1902, and known originally as Traders and Planters Bank, the institution was chartered as the First National Bank on January 29, 1904. Among the original incorporators were F. S. Hurd, its founder, and Kansas Senator Charles Curtis, a native Cherokee who would later serve as Vice President of the United States in the Herbert Hoover administration. Since those early days, the strength of First National Bank has come from two cornerstones. The fi