Because of the lost coin, the story goes, is how they starting keeping track of what the people were bringing in. This became the basis of actually starting a private bank. And, it remained a private bank until about 1920. That's when the store and the bank were started. It was on this block.
Legend has it that a coin fell from the bag and was lost temporarily.
Prior to the coin being located, Henry's father ordered that 50 cents be deducted from Henry's weekly paycheck to repay the debt. Depending again to which story one refers, the records for the bank either began in 1889 or 1895. We held our 100th anniversary in 1989 with balloons and barbershop quartets and eye shades and garters on the sleeves, which is the way things were done back in those days. A centennial coin was minted for the occasion. Burnett gave a little more insight into his family history while discussing the award.