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Valley National Bank's Rise Shaped Arizona Frontiers
The Valley National Bank grew from the Gila Valley Bank & Trust Co. founded 1899 in Solomonville to 29 branches serving 250,000 customers across Arizona. The book Financing the Frontier chronicles its expansion, loans, and pivotal figures like James F. Houston and Walter Reed Bimson, detailing mergers, payroll warrants at par, FHA loans, and small loan leadership that helped Phoenix and other towns survive banking turmoil.
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Valley National Bank
Arizona
Post Office
Tempe State College
Hopkins
Gila Valley Bank & Trust Co
Solomonville
Lionel M. Jacobs
Barron M. Jacobs
P. W. Smith
Gadsden Purchase
Pima
Tucson
Bank of
D. Henderson
Bank of Tucson
B. M. Jacobs
Consolidated Bank of Tucson
Consolidated National Bank
Little Gila Valley Bank
Walter Reed Bimson
Valley Bank
Phoenix
Harris Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
Consolidated National
Bimson
Goodman
New York
Gila Valley Bank
J. E. Solomon
A. G. Smith
Denver
Solomon
Graham County
Gila Valley
Clifton
Morenci
Charles E. Mills
Mills
Detroit Copper Mining Co
Globe
Louis D. Ricketts
Dr. Ricketts
Europe
State Banking Examiner
Prof. Hopkins
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Little
Rocky Mountain Region
Desert
West
America
S.C.W
James F. Houston
Security