Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company photograph shows the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company train depot at Justin, Texas circa 1931. The depot had segregated waiting rooms for blacks and whites. The building was built in 1912 and measured 24' x 113'. Part of  a wall with the ticket window still exists inside the Justin Discount Boots Store.  Look for the Boot Room (back room next to kids corral).  Rumor has it that other parts of the building were sent down south to help restore another 100 year old train depot in another Texas town.  if you have further info on it, please contact us.  - artwork by Louis Daniel - Search for Texas Depot artworks by Louis Daniel

In an attempt to suppress the South and keep her from “rising again,” repercussions of the civil war included the prohibition of banks throughout the South. Texas pressed the limits of the new law and eventually won the right to free enterprise including banking. Because Fort Worth was the end of the Chisholm Trail where cattle drivers sold their livestock, need for banking spurred J.W. Spencer to found one of the first Texas banks - the Farmers & Merchants Bank in 1890. Mr. Spencer had a close friend, Dr. Pennington of Justin, who encouraged Spencer to open a bank in his growing community. In 1901, Spencer invited his new brother-in-law from Oklahoma to operate Citizens Bank in Justin, and in 1907 Citizens Bank received a charter from the State of Texas under the name of Justin State Bank. The newly named bank had its first president, W.N. Shofner. In the 100+ year history, Justin State Bank has been under the leadership of only three presidents:

Justin State Bank Presidents