In 1986, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 11270 was placed at the bank, acknowledging the contributions of Anna Mebus Martin and her family.

[3][2] The Mebus family settled at Hedwigs Hill in Mason County with Henriette's brother Louis (Ludwig) Martin.

[6] When the store began to serve as a stage stop, Martin seized on the wayfarer trade by boarding horses, as well as selling homemade butter, groceries, and her own sewn creations.

Martin was the first person in Mason County to deal in barbed wire, selling more than any other west Texas firm at the time.

She eventually acquired 50,000 acres in Mason, Llano and Gillespie counties, at the time making her one of the wealthiest Texans of German ancestry.

[7] In 1986, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 11270 was placed at the bank, acknowledging the contributions of Anna Mebus Martin and her family.