[3] In 1921 it reopened as Miners' State Bank with former mine foreman Tom Frasure as president.

[2] The bank building serves as a hub for the Bearcreek commercial district.

Purchased by Bert Vaill and built by prominent area stonemason John Russell, it is a one-story Romanesque style with sandstone quarried just north of town.

According to the site placard: "Symbolizing Vaill’s faith in Bearcreek’s future, the bank’s thick stone walls were also meant to assure customers that their money was safe from theft and bank failure, a tenuous assumption in the days before Federal Deposit Insurance.

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