CITY NATIONAL BANK

Thomas W. Ward, a native of Mississippi, had a cattle ranch in Llano County, but he found that ranching provided little profit for a married man with a family. He and his wife returned to Austin where he first worked for a ferry boat company on the Colorado River and later as a store clerk... Both Ward and Murray prospered in San Saba, and both made loans to ranchers in the area. These loan transactions, coupled with handling money for store customers, caused the men to form a partnership with an office on the second floor of the building being used by Murray as a store.

Also known as: City National Bank of San Saba

Primary location: San Saba United States