Historic Firsts of Lewiston, Idaho by Steven D. Branting

Author:Steven D. Branting
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

John P. Vollmer, 1903.

Hill, Kristin E. The Ultimate Idaho Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia. Helena, MT: Riverbend Publishing, 2005, 114.

Pullman-Moscow Daily News, May 14, 1988, 13.

San Francisco Call, July 27, 1909, 11.

An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899, 312.

1892: IDAHO’S FIRST TRUST COMPANY

The Idaho Trust Company was a spinoff of the Lewiston National Bank, founded in 1883 by William F. Kettenbach and John Brearley. As noted earlier, Brearley was elected the first president but died soon after. Kettenbach assumed the position and held it until his death in September 1891. The trust company was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 ($1.1 million today). In 1898, Kettenbach’s son took the reins of the company, becoming the youngest bank president in the United States at the time. In the early twentieth century, the company would become embroiled in a scandal over the sale of public lands. Famed architect Kirtland Cutter designed the new building to house the company offices, a structure now known as Town Square, at Fifth and Main Streets.

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