In 1902
Five years before Oklahoma statehood, Broken Arrow wasn't too impressive. In fact, the village was described as being little more than a patch of blue sky under which a few tents had been stretched; however, it was being called home by what is now the oldest hometown bank in Tulsa County.
Opened in 1902, and known originally as Traders and Planters Bank, the institution was chartered as the First National Bank on January 29, 1904. Among the original incorporators were F. S. Hurd, its founder, and Kansas Senator Charles Curtis, a native Cherokee who would later serve as Vice President of the United States in the Herbert Hoover administration.
Since those early days, the strength of First National Bank has come from two cornerstones. The first is an uptown style that is reflected in the thoroughly professional approach the bank emulates in all aspects of its work. The other is the down-home style that allows these products and services to be delivered with warmth that makes every customer feel right at home. Both are illustrated in more than a century's worth of performance.
In 1941, A.L. Graham succeeded F.S. Hurd as President of First National Bank, and later became Chairman of the Board. Graham came to Broken Arrow as a rancher with an experienced background in insurance, banking and finance. Scott L. Graham joined the bank in 1963 following graduation from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and served as the bank’s Chairman from 1966 until 2013. Scott Graham believed that banking’s “real value is that it leverages your ability to achieve a greater good for the community”. The Graham family, now in its third generation of bank leadership, has remained a steadfast community supporter, with Greg Graham as Chairman.