A hundred years in the making

Pinnacle Bank sees huge turnout for century celebration

Crystal R. Albers
Posted 8/8/18

Around 800 residents gathered on Main Street in Torrington Thursday evening, Aug. 2, to celebrate Pinnacle Bank’s 100th anniversary.

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A hundred years in the making

Pinnacle Bank sees huge turnout for century celebration

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TORRINGTON – Around 800 residents gathered on Main Street in Torrington Thursday evening, Aug. 2, to celebrate Pinnacle Bank’s 100th anniversary.

In addition to a catered meal as provided by The Emporium in Hawk Springs, attendees enjoyed musical performances by the Torrington Fiddlers, Frederick Marquez, and the Sugar Valley Singers, cooling off with snow cones, jumping in bouncy houses and registering for giveaways.

Kaleen Troupe, personal banker at Pinnacle Bank, said planning for the event began in January.

“We did a bunch of drawings leading up to Thursday’s event,” she said. “We picked out the dates and everything.”

Friday, Troupe said the bank was pleasantly surprised by the celebration’s turnout.

“We planned on 500, but I think we had enough food … for everyone. It seemed to go pretty well,” she said. “We just want to thank the community and all of our customers for coming out and helping to make it a great event.”

Citizens National Bank of Torrington received its national charter No. 11132 on Jan. 18, 1918. Organizers included W.O. Eaton, president; E.B. Dearing, vice president; and R.F. Tebbet, cashier. Other directors are listed as Sam Tebbet, Mary Tebbet and Mable Eaton.

Citizens National Bank survived the Depression, and as of March 19, 1932, with the failure of the Goshen County Bank, became the only bank left in Torrington. For many decades, Citizens and what originated as Farmers State Bank of J.M., were the only banks in the county. In February of this year, Torrington native and Regional President Todd Peterson told the Telegram the bank’s name was changed in 1998 to streamline management, placing the charters for Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming under one holding company, Pinnacle Bank.