← The Merchants National Bank of Arkansas The First National Bank of →

The National Bank of Western Arkansas at

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Charter
#1950
Bank ID
1950
Years
1872–1941
Observations
70

Assets

Year assets loans odraft bonds_circ bonds_hand bond_premiums securities_and_mortgages securities securities_usgov securities_other due_from_ra due_from_other_nb due_from_other_nb_and_sb due_from_sb real_estate oreo_and_mortgages current_expenses bills_nb checks_and_other currency legal_tender specie cash_and_exchange lawful_money cash_exchange_and_reserve redemption_fund due_from_treasurer frb_reserve other_assets
1872 114,091.50 52,048.21 0 30,000 0 2,804.75 0 9,947.79 1,470.10 8,283.49 2,041.47 1,150.89 1,046 67.80 364.10 4,115 751.90 0
1873 141,524.85 50,660.29 0 55,000 0 5,000 3,717.65 1,995.49 9,288.85 71.84 2,000 48.45 4,667 0 30.28 9,000 45 0
1874 152,587.29 60,243.12 0 55,000 0 3,000 3,873.39 3,327.43 9,214.15 2,000 0 2,251 0 400.20 10,393 385 2,500 0
1875 140,229.71 49,366.19 0 55,000 0 3,000 101.80 0 12,911.60 9,026.37 2,000 0 800 0 148.75 5,375 0 2,500 0
1876 157,014.73 48,340.13 0 55,000 0 2,250 10,346.46 0 24,067.78 4,882.44 2,000 0 500 0 135.30 7,000 0 2,492.62 0
1877 148,259 52,880.39 0 55,000 0 750 11,250 0 7,474.70 6,079.13 2,000 0 1,275 0 87.40 8,325 0 3,137.38 0
1878 169,039.95 45,377.95 0 55,000 19,000 0 0 0 16,492.07 7,054.53 1,000 0 3,800 0 242.60 15,900 2,500 2,672.80 0
1879 160,137.36 42,629.59 0 55,000 0 0 0 0 13,463.11 17,257.61 0 0 8,100 0 112.05 21,100 0 2,475 0
1880 188,199.46 74,025 389.34 55,000 2,600 0 0 0 28,697.60 1,901.02 4,700 28.10 3,950 0 204.90 8,500 5,728.50 2,475 0
1881 223,018.34 98,392.71 125.32 55,000 350 0 2,241.46 0 11,948.19 27,906.06 0 1.75 4,505 1,419.60 10 4,365 13,678.25 3,075 0
1882 189,918.64 105,529.60 93.35 55,000 0 0 0 0 3,427.82 8,499.52 0 9.20 234 1,212.75 51.65 5,543 7,842.75 2,475 0
1883 247,998.41 157,424.85 0 55,000 0 0 0 0 17,167.94 5,241.92 0 11.15 1,745 82.35 161.20 5,664 3,025 2,475 0
1884 308,848.59 183,525.18 0 55,000 0 0 27,480 0 25,061.68 440.29 2,083.79 0 1,875 0 191.65 5,806 4,910 2,475 0
1885 325,434.12 187,209.80 0 55,000 0 0 20,732.36 0 38,395.51 3,608.71 673.39 50 1,760 0 165.35 3,350 12,014 2,475 0
1886 348,396.32 252,635.51 0 15,000 0 0 9,224.21 0 11,768.85 10,327.65 0 19.30 9,765 0 18.80 7,226 31,736 675 0 0
1887 479,075.91 355,198.95 0 25,000 0 6,618.75 5,985.63 0 12,209.14 5,670.56 2,000 0 14,790 0 377.88 9,250 40,850 1,125 0 0
1888 504,207.66 309,035.25 0 25,000 0 6,000 7,698.63 0 101,174.96 10,697.68 2,500 121.32 7,670 2,015.12 59.70 10,370 20,740 1,125 0 0
1889 473,340.05 333,372.24 408.90 25,000 0 0 7,523.63 70,714.46 116.97 387.91 0 0 0 5,825 0 20.94 13,500 15,345 1,125 0 0
1890 525,713.25 440,002.13 438.24 25,000 0 0 5,683.13 27,942.17 641.35 612.95 0 0 15.20 6,250 0 143.08 3,060 14,800 1,125 0 0
1891 501,791.69 357,169.33 671.20 25,000 0 0 10,703.13 58,585.63 1,274.42 2,717.28 0 0 138.50 8,720 0 87.20 10,825 24,775 1,125 0 0
1892 547,298.72 415,665.34 642.02 25,000 0 0 10,355.13 47,147.81 964.04 6,440.31 0 0 0 6,750 650.71 58.36 13,000 19,500 1,125 0 0
1893 558,766.47 323,561.75 8,946.33 25,000 0 0 12,188.83 58,631.93 1,123.28 1,289.88 0 13,814.22 40.75 3,395 811.65 211.85 49,811 58,815 1,125 0 0
1894 666,494.57 417,346.57 25,420.98 25,000 0 0 11,729.62 100,382.06 745.39 3,076.49 0 14,998.92 13,745 131.86 260.68 9,772 42,760 1,125 0 0
1895 687,178.71 375,679.01 8,578.05 50,000 0 0 21,364.47 142,474.28 7,357.89 5,118.17 0 21,338.20 10,850 2,266.99 157.65 7,925 31,819 2,250 0 0
1896 721,632.89 410,263.44 92,183.81 50,000 0 0 21,364.47 49,393.63 17,642.73 5,599.97 0 21,451.52 6,860 1,399.17 588.90 11,685 30,950.25 2,250 0 0
1897 746,658.30 401,870.13 37,152.53 50,000 0 0 21,180.77 114,891.13 13,899.29 1,364.04 0 32,924.14 10,145 751.47 887.80 7,845 51,497 2,250 0 0
1898 833,781.59 542,504.03 16,981.80 50,000 0 0 66,464.03 50,898.34 17,738.91 2,172.29 0 32,298.22 2,755 3,265.83 1,008.14 3,570 41,875 2,250 0 0
1899 900,953.08 526,759.21 17,715.11 50,000 0 0 48,464.03 117,792.86 54,182.29 1,202.07 0 31,450.27 4,750 5,192.98 1,439.26 4,445 35,310 2,250 0 0
1900 940,381.07 593,087.70 15,076.24 50,000 0 0 32,327.53 104,501.59 35,851.59 8,540.37 0 30,572.03 8,570 2,943.53 903.24 15,100 40,407.25 2,500 0 0
1901 1,161,773.77 734,510.68 124,818.15 50,000 0 0 26,327.53 99,711.85 40,305.46 4,464.76 0 15,051.32 10,800 2,740.67 467.60 10,600 39,475.75 2,500 0 0
1902 1,277,307.27 978,989.19 32,730.34 50,000 0 0 19,960.78 94,189.99 16,590.85 11,359.87 0 10,538.80 6,970 2,921.08 884.87 5,560 44,111.50 2,500 0 0
1903 1,598,479.91 1,003,724.84 7,162.73 50,000 0 0 48,950.18 250,786.46 53,206.07 53,454.89 0 4,672.79 12,755 4,362.15 1,768.05 12,875 92,261.75 2,500 0 0
1904 1,591,394.24 1,028,747.34 30,859.11 50,000 0 0 70,846.18 138,231.39 81,990.28 61,731.36 0 3,380.45 0 19,850 8,552.43 1,161.20 16,470 77,074.50 2,500 0 0
1905 1,783,300 1,303,706 50,000 38,649 90,874
1906 1,851,056 1,393,259 50,000 36,981 251,276 119,540
1907 2,157,096 1,531,314 100,000 38,921 386,841 100,020
1908 2,443,827 1,750,874 150,000 31,737 377,756 133,460
1909 2,444,816 1,863,074 101,000 22,500 336,742 121,500
1910 2,434,166 1,807,360 201,000 40,708 249,098 136,000
1911 2,952,190 1,829,151 201,000 23,000 760,039 139,000
1912 2,834,189 1,744,177 208,500 18,021 711,591 151,900
1913 3,038,969 1,850,410 228,500 20,994 802,065 137,000
1914 3,036,484 2,229,949 235,500 54,262 379,173 137,600
1915 2,998,370 2,003,001 208,500 164,579 466,390 155,900
1916 3,749,545 2,234,286 208,500 150,204 962,890 193,665
1917 4,146,245 2,593,045 299,250 97,100 442,915 713,935
1918 4,490,418 2,660,863 832,950 100,475 657,472 210,322 28,336
1919 5,854,517 3,812,802 567,177 365,125 870,804 228,609 10,000
1920 6,336,423 4,006,733 858,627 103,695 1,076,935 265,433 25,000
1921 6,588,549 429,523 854,072 141,331 1,020,857 235,319 41,647
1922 7,706,138 4,879,115 1,233,534 179,879 1,089,405 282,057 42,148
1923 7,113,661 4,041,903 1,618,607 358,133 796,037 262,176 36,805
1924 8,538,062 4,770,480 1,165,243 346,794 1,889,930 17,315 48,300
1925 8,919,993 5,283,782 1,520,576 469,019 1,384,400 230,086 32,130
1926 10,155,480 5,606,377 1,304,550 892,746 2,318,970 32,837
1927 10,910,022 6,170,782 1,380,511 1,248,327 2,070,730 39,672
1928 11,549,929 5,810,256 1,395,050 2,171,976 2,132,720 39,927
1929 11,155,744 5,901,085 1,254,180 1,670,164 2,283,827 46,488
1930 10,700,491 5,862,238 1,167,225 1,524,837 2,110,537 35,654
1931 8,670,300 4,893,534 701,417 1,587,759 1,439,287 48,303
1932 7,763,969 4,035,296 838,504 1,593,443 1,218,578 78,148
1933 6,983,845 3,254,548 1,014,361 1,534,600 1,088,888 91,448
1934 7,484,630 3,094,942 1,133,396 1,325,796 1,791,105 139,391
1935‡ 7,773,972
1936 8,580,281 2,894,641 975,723 1,749,636 2,835,914 124,367
1937 8,210,590 2,911,152 757,621 1,822,065 2,644,729 75,023
1938 8,083,746 3,302,407 341,036 1,886,638 2,489,926 63,739
1939 9,591,939 3,338,482 363,660 1,769,982 4,053,930 65,885
1940 10,166,966 3,323,971 416,922 1,544,210 4,825,448 56,415
1941 11,140,311 3,766,928 699,161 2,014,627 4,613,938 45,657

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.

Liabilities & Capital

Year capital surplus undivided_profits surplus_and_undivided_profits notes_nb deposits us_deposits individual_deposits demand_deposits time_deposits due_to_nb due_to_other_nb due_to_sb due_to_tc_and_sb due_to_banks due_to_banks_and_other_liabs bills_payable certified_checks unpaid_dividends other_liabs
1872 55,000 0 9,490.23 27,000 22,384.80 0 216.47 0 0 0 0
1873 55,000 1,375 7,596.65 49,495 28,058.20 0 0 0 0 0 0
1874 55,000 2,750 5,193.42 49,000 40,643.87 0 0 0 0 0 0
1875 55,000 4,125 4,688.72 48,994.89 27,421.10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1876 55,000 5,500 5,169.19 49,500 40,845.54 0 0 0 0 1,000 0
1877 55,000 6,875 4,594.96 49,500 32,289.04 0 0 0 0 0 0
1878 55,000 8,250 3,060.62 49,400 53,329.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1879 55,000 9,625 3,064.98 49,400 41,132.46 0 0 1,914.92 0 0 0
1880 55,000 11,000 4,605.84 49,400 67,337.40 0 215.05 641.17 0 0 0
1881 55,000 11,000 12,244.91 48,800 95,973.43 0 0 0 0 0 0
1882 55,000 11,000 12,259.47 49,400 55,957.43 0 144.84 156.90 6,000 0 0 0
1883 55,000 11,000 30,615.40 49,500 94,316.54 0 0 566.47 7,000 0 0 0
1884 55,000 75,800 5,790.03 49,400 64,634.10 0 2,925.85 298.61 55,000 0 0 0
1885 55,000 83,110.71 10,842.12 49,500 125,924.25 0 261.25 795.79 0 0 0 0
1886 55,000 110,000 8,062.72 13,320 161,290.17 0 0 723.43 0 0 0 0
1887 100,000 20,000 22,133.86 22,500 309,528.61 0 4,830.49 82.95 0 0 0 0
1888 100,000 40,000 16,874.73 22,440 323,852.33 0 0 1,040.60 0 0 0 0
1889 100,000 50,000 18,975.36 21,100 281,162.76 0 274.02 1,777.91 0 0 50 0
1890 100,000 70,000 26,642.67 22,500 304,338.34 0 469.03 1,763.21 0 0 0 0
1891 100,000 100,000 20,327.64 22,500 253,534.85 0 0 4,546.73 0 882.47 0 0
1892 100,000 120,000 21,184.57 22,500 281,106.70 0 937.81 1,469.64 0 100 0 0
1893 100,000 140,000 20,216.47 22,500 269,504.05 0 543.81 6,002.14 0 0 0 0
1894 100,000 160,000 12,621.74 21,900 363,612.46 0 5,454.96 2,905.41 0 0 0 0
1895 200,000 70,000 19,333.34 45,000 350,674.82 0 891.93 1,278.62 0 0 0 0
1896 200,000 78,000 23,201.57 45,000 371,935.82 0 2,458.08 1,037.42 0 0 0 0
1897 200,000 85,000 16,734.77 44,700 395,219.15 0 2,378.33 2,626.05 0 0 0 0
1898 200,000 85,000 22,083.75 45,000 478,884.31 0 6.60 2,806.93 0 0 0 0
1899 200,000 90,000 23,261.58 45,000 531,834.14 0 0 10,857.36 0 0 0 0
1900 200,000 100,000 23,880.34 50,000 546,832.44 0 4,032.84 15,635.45 0 0 0 0 0
1901 200,000 110,000 34,230.40 49,400 739,963.36 0 1,130.31 27,049.70 0 0 0 0 0
1902 200,000 125,000 41,445.02 50,000 832,286.85 0 7,333.38 21,242.02 0 0 0 0 0
1903 200,000 150,000 37,878.26 50,000 1,068,406.51 0 24,167.22 59,720.04 8,307.88 0 0 0 0
1904 200,000 175,000 45,570.98 49,400 1,059,067.93 0 32,954.44 27,987.58 1,413.31 0 0 0 0
1905 200,000 256,146 49,400 1,277,753
1906 200,000 289,351 48,350 0 1,212,076 101,279
1907 200,000 318,628 50,000 50,000 1,354,263 184,205
1908 200,000 300,000 74,848 100,000 50,000 1,466,252 252,727
1909 200,000 350,000 57,513 100,000 1,000 1,440,732 295,570
1910 200,000 400,000 44,898 200,000 1,000 1,272,113 316,155
1911 200,000 440,000 46,806 200,000 1,000 1,671,655 392,729
1912 200,000 465,000 57,983 196,300 5,044 1,525,574 384,288
1913 200,000 500,000 54,145 196,500 30,453 1,603,401 454,467
1914 200,000 500,000 56,903 199,000 33,710 1,660,409 386,462
1915 200,000 500,000 46,074 200,000 1,642,864 0 409,432
1916 200,000 500,000 48,526 197,300 2,086,697 0 717,022
1917 500,000 200,000 89,696 200,000 2,483,065 15,001 658,483
1918 200,000 579,137 198,200 2,901,969 60,344 550,768
1919 200,000 613,583 200,000 2,607,223 1,250,982 982,729
1920 500,000 391,655 487,100 2,474,830 1,466,701 1,016,137
1921 500,000 520,572 485,300 2,076,700 2,178,883 821,638 5,456
1922 500,000 571,848 500,000 1,789,494 2,965,099 1,371,705
1923 500,000 637,216 492,500 1,653,963 2,650,992 1,178,990
1924 500,000 651,168 500,000 1,988,890 3,027,100 1,870,904
1925 500,000 641,075 492,200 2,012,245 3,556,632 1,717,841
1926 500,000 662,718 500,000 2,687,357 4,045,520 1,745,776 14,109
1927 500,000 708,635 500,000 2,929,405 4,519,129 1,740,127 12,726
1928 500,000 754,877 490,550 3,238,848 4,566,269 1,986,385 13,000
1929 500,000 500,000 324,900 500,000 9,325,471 0 5,373
1930 500,000 500,000 351,694 500,000 8,832,601 0 16,196
1931 500,000 500,000 227,773 500,000 6,936,539 0 5,988
1932 500,000 500,000 181,827 500,000 6,074,736 0 7,406
1933 500,000 500,000 102,638 500,000 5,371,201 0 10,006
1934 500,000 300,000 107,317 500,000 6,070,434 0 6,879
1935‡
1936 500,000 310,000 134,664 7,628,543 7,074
1937 500,000 325,000 201,698 7,176,366 0 7,526
1938 500,000 340,000 230,843 7,004,033 0 8,870
1939 500,000 360,000 289,815 8,435,000 0 7,124
1940 500,000 400,000 313,181 8,948,938 0 4,847
1941 500,000 450,000 400,690 9,780,733 0 8,888

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.