Footprints of Fayette

Ellinger State Bank, as pictured in Ellinger, Yesterday and Today by Ruby Martinek – from Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
Ellinger State Bank, as pictured in Ellinger, Yesterday and Today by Ruby Martinek – from Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives

A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission

The following article is the second concerning some of the banking problems, i.e., bank robberies, to visit Fayette County. The consequences of these robberies could be devastating to the public. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a United States government corporation which supplies deposit insurance to depositors in …