The Bank of Missouri history

Ancell was laid out and the first mayor, Mat Thomas, elected in 1904.

So in 1905 the post office became Fornfelt.

In 1906 the telephone co. started installing wire from Cape Girardeau to Fornfelt for telephone use.

In 1907, the General Assembly revised the banking statutes and created the State Banking Department headed by the Bank Commissioner.

In 1908 George Bell open a box factory, which employee between 100-150 people.

Eclectic Light Co. out of Cape Girardeau lights in 1912.

After 45 years of service, this old building was torn down and the rocks used in the foundation of the new church, a brick edifice which was completed in 1913.

In 1914, it was sold to Mr.

Roth repurchased the store in 1916 and is the present owner of the store known as the Model Grocery.

1919 - Law Offices of Barlow, Barlow and Kautz created a new corporation named Bethany Trust Company on September 19, 1919.

1920 - Opened doors on January 1 on the Southwest side of Bethany Square.

In 1921, the State Banking Department became the Department of Finance and the title "Commissioner of Finance" was created.

It stood north of where Doctor G. T. Dorris residence now stands. It was destroyed by fire in 1930, was rebuilt immediately, and today is one of the modern bakeries of Southeast Missouri.

In 1947 the Fisher family built a Methodist Church and it was located just to the east of the grade school.

The grade school closed down in mid-1950, and the kids started going to the Fornfelt West Ward School.

The State Banking Board was created in 1955 to handle appeals from certain decisions and orders of the Commissioner of Finance.

In 1957 a large school building was built west of town for all grades.

The second event was in 1960 Ancell consolidated with Fornfelt to become the city of Scott City.

1965 - Demolished original bank and built the building that still stands there today, featuring the bank's first ever drive-up teller window.

1969 - Celebrated our 50th Anniversary with a daylong celebration, and reached a milestone of $10 million in assets.

1985 - Peggy Rhinehart, Bethany Trust Company's first female vice-president and interim CEO, created the Gold Key Account Club (known as the Banner Club today) for customers meeting certain age and account criteria.

Prior to August 28, 1991 all such receipts were deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

1998 – BTC Bank acquired the Bank of Gallatin/First State Bank in New Hampton.

1999 – Celebrated our 80th anniversary in September, changed our name to BTC Bank, and opened a new facility in Albany.

2003 – Acquired the First Bank of Missouri in Pattonsburg.

2005 – Opened our second location in Bethany, with plans to later relocate our BTC Headquarters.

2007 – Completed construction and opened our Chillicothe BTC Bank Branch.

2008 – Closed our original Main Branch location and relocated our headquarters to 3606 Miller Street, Bethany.

2009 - Installed a bridge over a water feature on our main campus in celebration of BTC's 90th Anniversary.

The Bank of Missouri has received this 5-Star rating every quarter since December 2011.

2013 - Created BTC Area Youth Benefit Corp., a nonprofit organization, to support local children through volunteerism and donation, beyond what BTC Bank could do itself.

2014 – Opened our seventh full service bank, located in Carrollton.

2015 – Completed construction and moved into our new permanent Carrollton location, and opened a BTC Bank loan office in Boonville.

2016 – Upgraded our Boonville loan office to a full service BTC Bank Branch.

2017 – BTC Bank opened our ninth full service branch, located in the Beaman, MO area.

2018 – Opened a temporary building for our tenth location in Trenton, Missouri.

Construction began in Trenton and Boonville areas for brand new BTC Bank buildings to be completed in 2019.

For the first time ever, BTC lobbies were closed from March 19, 2020 to May 11, 2020.