[back] First Territorial Bank - John Marshall operated the first territorial bank, established by the State in 1816, from his home. One story goes that the officers of the bank refused to lend $10,000 to the new city of Chicago, because they were too far away to ever amount to anything. Old Shawneetown, in Southern illinois.
[back] First Territorial Bank - John Marshall operated the first territorial bank, established by the State in 1816, from his home. One story goes that the officers of the bank refused to lend $10,000 to the new city of Chicago, because they were too far away to ever amount to anything. Old Shawneetown, in Southern illinois.
[front] The old Chinese Bank, an early building of the gold rush days- COLOMA, CALIF. Recalls the most romantic and exciting Gold Rush Period the world has ever known. The new El Dorado, where James Marshall made his world famous gold discovery on January 24, 1848, soon brought fabulous wealth to thousands, built great cities, and contributed largely towards saving of the Union during the Civil War.