[1] Fourth National Bank of Wichita was founded by George C. Strong in 1887.
It bought the maximum shares in five banks located in cities with more than 10,000 persons that also near colleges.
[3] Between 1985 and 1990 the bank under Jordan L. Haines and Ron Baldwin bought 24 banks—one every 75 days topping off at one a month when it began acquiring troubled Savings and loan associations during the Savings and Loan Crisis in 1990.
[4] In August 1995, Boatmen's Bancshares announced plans to acquire Fourth Financial for $1.2 Billion in stock.
At the time of acquisition, Fourth Financial had $7.4 billion in assets and 87 retail banking offices in Kansas, and 56 in Oklahoma, making it the largest banking company in Kansas and third largest in Oklahoma.