Dale & Quentin Leighty: A Legacy of Relationship Banking in Colorado

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Quentin Leighty describes his father, Dale, as “the guy that if you sat next to him on an airplane, you’re going to know him in the first hour.” Dale’s engaging personality means he’ll learn plenty about you too. “He’ll pull it out of you,” Quentin adds with a grin. BUILDING A LEGACY You can’t miss ...

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Wild West Banking: One Local Bank’s Pioneering Legacy

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If you are not sitting in History Class, you may appreciate a quick refresher on U.S. and Colorado History in 1901. Movie theaters did not exist. Vacuums had not been invented. In baseball you could cheer for the Cleveland Blues or the Boston Americans, and In August, Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of ...

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Legacy of Local Service Continues: How Does Community Banking Differ?

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Did you know there is a bank in your community older than the Federal Reserve? First National Bank Colorado was founded in 1901. And we began serving local families, farms, and businesses as a local bank 12 years before the Fed opened its doors and just 25 years after Colorado became a state. But our ...

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How It All Started For First National Bank of Las Animas

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In 1901 our founders took a step of faith to start the First National Bank of Las Animas. Faith is “confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1) Our founders stepped out in faith in more ways than one. So here’s how it all started… The bank’s ...

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