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The Eldorado Journal began as a weekly publication in 1911, with a publisher named Col.Lindolph Oscar "L.O." Trigg. According to Trigg's granddaughter, he founded the newspaper on a gamble, thinking the county seat would be located in Eldorado. [3] The name was revised in 1921 to Eldorado Daily Journal, [4] and publication moved to weekly. [5]
Eldorado (/ ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r eɪ d oʊ,-d ə /) is a city in Saline County, Illinois, United States.The population was 4,122 at the 2010 census, with a 1980 peak of 5,198.Although the city's name is spelled as if it were Spanish, the name was originally "Eldereado" or "Elder-Reado" (depending on the source)—a combination of the last names of the town's two founders, [2] [3] Judge Samuel ...
In 1913, the bank obtained its state charter and became known as Busey State Bank. In 1922, the Shelby Loan & Trust Company in Shelbyville, Illinois, was granted trust powers, while the Pulaski Building and Loan Association was established in St. Louis to assist the community with savings and home purchases.
The original Illinois National Bank was established in 1886 in Springfield, Illinois. [2] In 1989, the bank was sold to First of America Bank [ 3 ] and assumed that name on February 1, 1990. [ 4 ] In 1997, First of America was sold to National City Bank , which was in turn sold to PNC Bank in 2008.
Suburban Bancorp, Inc. was a publicly traded multibank holding company headquartered in suburban Chicago.It was founded by Gerald F. Fitzgerald, father of former U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald, and majority owned by the Fitzgerald family. [1]
The Shawneetown Bank State Historic Site is an historic bank building in Old Shawneetown, Illinois, and is the oldest structure in Illinois built specifically as a bank. [2] A Greek Revival structure built in 1839–1841 in what was then called Shawneetown, it was the home of a series of banks into the 20th century.
First American Bank was chartered in 1974 in Illinois as "First American Bancorp, Inc." to serve the Chicago area. The company was dissolved in 1990 to be restructured under its current name. [1] It is a privately owned company with 80% of its assets owned by the officers, directors, and family members.