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Ambler Savings Bank In 1874, the Village of Ambler had 35 residences, a lumber yard, a coal yard, two mills, and no post office within the town limits. That same year, a group of businessmen gathered at the home of Davis Yerkes and created the town’s first building and loan association. The purpose of the Association was simple – to provide affordable home financing. By our 75th Anniversary, we had financed over 2000 homes. In the immediate years after World…

Almarillo National Bank Amarillo National Bank, where you’ll see an unbroken family tree. They’ve never sold out and never intend to. It began in 1892, when cattleman and early Amarillo settler B.T. Ware founded the bank that would become Amarillo National. His descendants have kept Amarillo National Bank in the family ever since. Texas Monthly named the Ware family “Bankers of the Century” in 1999. American Banker named our chairman, Richard Ware, its “Banker of the Year” in 2017. Today,…